In Hunting Badger, the fourteenth Navajo Mystery in Tony Hillerman’s iconic series, legendary detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee return to tackle another gripping case in the high desert. When a predawn ambush at a Ute casino leaves an officer dead, the killers vanish into the rugged canyons of the Utah-Arizona border. The FBI rushes in with high-tech firepower, but their bungled investigation quickly zero in on the wrong man. Interrupting a quiet vacation, Jim Chee teams up with retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn to untangle the case. Together, they must see past federal blunders and navigate deep-seated regional lore before the killers slip away forever.