Chapters 15 and 16 Summary

In chapter fifteen, Joe Leaphorn phones his friend FBI Agent Kennedy and fills him in. Two FBI men rap on the hotel door and interrogate Leaphorn. They are condescending and resent his intrusion into the case involving a terrorist organization. Leaphorn bluffs by telling them that he will be discussing progress in the murder investigation with a prominent New Mexico senator. He skillfully questions the FBI agents, arousing their interest in the red-haired man in apartment two. Leaphorn asks the FBI agents about Henry Highhawk, but the two men have no explanation for his name in Santillanes' notebook. With a quick phone call to his office, Leaphorn learns about the arrest warrant for Highhawk. The arresting officer was his friend, Office Chee. Leaphorn calls Chee's office, only to be told the Navajo policemen is on vacation in Washington, DC, and the...