Status Updates From The Dark Wind (Leaphorn & C...

For the second book in a row, what is with Chee and driving into dangerous remote areas and leaving all his weapons locked in his truck! Only to encounter danger and have to worry about how to safely get back to the truck! After everything he went through being hunted in the last book, he still sleeps out in the desert with his pistol locked in the glove box? I sure wouldn't.

So the lawyer is one of the bad guys. The trading post magician makes me suspicious: why is he a magician, what does that represent as far as his role in this? Is Cowboy involved in some way too, since he's featured so heavily and presented as such a friend?

So... the DEA is behind it then? Maybe I'm getting ahead of things due to the way the last book seemed to force answers on us early and pretend like it wasn't, but it sure seems like we're being setup for a reveal that the feds are behind the goings-on to cover up some covert scheme.