This is the twenty-second book in the Leaphorn--Chee novels, originally written by Tony Hillerman, and continued by his daughter, Anne Hillerman. This is the fourth she has written, and I mostly enjoyed it.
Bernie is asked to give a short speech to a group of at-risk teen girls who are on a camping trip, but when she arrives to the campsite, one of the girls is missing. She turns up shortly after, but one of the leaders who was out looking for her doesn't return. Bernie sends for a search and rescue group to help locate him, because he was an experienced hiker, and fears are that he has been injured, and snows are predicted in the next few days.
The missing hiker was also in line to take over the group when the current leader retired, and there had also been some complaints about missing funds, so there are a lot of undercurrents involved.
Jim Chee, on the other hand, is out of town at a seminar, and had been asked by Bernie to check on her younger sister, who was attending a semester at an art college in the same town as the seminar. While there, he comes face to face with someone he had arrested and sent to prison, who is also friendly with Chee's young sister-in-law, which causes Chee to have some worries.
The plot is fairly involved, and interesting. I enjoyed the book. although I still think there is too much talk of their personal lives and drama, but will read more.
This is #15 of my Mount TBR 2019 Reading Challenge (bought 26 Nov 2017), and #28 of my Craving for Cozies Challenge. Also C for my Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge.
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