Chapter 29 Summary

Joe Leaphorn and his cronies are still sitting around the Navajo Inn diner, discussing the Skeleton Man case. Jim and Bernie were indeed married in a traditional Navajo ceremony, and now live in Jim's trailer. Sherman, whom Joanna shot, survived the ordeal, but did not reveal who shot him. He claimed it was an accident. Apparently, there were some questions about what he was doing at the Grand Canyon, but Joe thinks the man's pride wouldn't permit him to admit that he'd been shot by a woman using his own gun.

Chapter 29 Analysis

This anticlimactic chapter ends the tale of Skeleton Man, tying up the loose ends, and leaving the door open for the next episode with these long-standing characters.