Audio Book Description:
Nothing had seemed as complicated about "Golden Calf"case. A con game had gone sour. Wealthy old Wiley Denton had shot the swindler, called the police,confessed, and done his short prison time. No mystery there.Except why did the rich man`s bride vanish? Cynics saidshe waspart of the swindle plot butthat explanation never quite satisfied retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn, though the case was long over.Now papers found by SargentJim Chee and Officer BernieManulito in anew homicide case connect the victim to Denton and to the mythical GoldenCalf Mine. The first victim had been there just hours beforeDenton killed him. And while Denton was killing him, four children trespassign in the long abandoned Wingate ORdnance Depot reported to the police that theyheard what sounded like music and the cries of a woman. The questions raised by this second golden calf murder draw Joe Leaphorn outof retirement and aren`t answered until Leaphorn discovers whatthe young trespassers heard in the wailing wind.