 First edition cover | |
| Author | Tony Hillerman |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Peter Thorpe |
| Language | English |
| Series | Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police Series |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Set in | Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in Southwestern United States |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print and audio |
| Pages | 232 + maps |
| ISBN | 0-06-019444-8 |
| OCLC | 48383430 |
| Preceded by | Hunting Badger (1999) |
| Followed by | The Sinister Pig (2003) |
The Wailing Wind is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the fifteenth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 2002. It is a New York Times best-seller.[1]
The case of a murdered man, found in a truck on a canyon wash, immediately links to a past shooting and a lost woman tied to myths of lost gold mines, so the retired Joe Leaphorn involves himself along with Bernadette Manuelito of the Navajo Tribal Police.