Chapters 6 & 7 Summary

Chapter 6 begins with Leaphorn having breakfast at his home on a Sunday morning. After breakfast he is struck with an idea concerning the disappearance of Dr. Friedman-Bernal. He places a phone call to Chaco Culture National Historical Park and asks to speak to Maxie Davis. Leaphorn wants to know if she knows anything about a notebook Dr. Friedman-Bernal used to carry. During the course of the conversation, Leaphorn decides to travel to Chaco Culture National Historical Park in the hope of speaking directly to Maxie Davis and Randall Elliot, two of Dr. Friedman-Bernal's colleagues.

Leaphorn meets with Elliot and Davis and the three again search Dr. Bernal's apartment. They make a list of items that are missing from the apartment, items Dr. Friedman-Bernal might have taken and items that might give Leaphorn a clue to Dr. Friedman-Bernal's intentions. Toward the end of the...