MISSING YOUR WEEKLY Dark Winds fix while you await season 4 of the AMC drama? Pick up Shadow of the Solstice (Harper), Anne Hillerman’s latest mystery set on the Navajo Nation. When the U.S. secretary of energy suddenly visits Shiprock—and uranium mining plans ramp up in the area—Navajo Nation police officer Bernadette Manuelito is wary. Assigned to monitor a violent activist group that’s come for the summer solstice, Manuelito and Lt. Jim Chee must untangle a web that involves a dead body at a nuclear disposal site and a missing teenage boy and his grandmother. As usual, Hillerman capably handles the swift pacing, bright characters, and weighty issues that make each series installment unmissable.

What We're Reading: Shadow of the Solstice
Fans of "Dark Winds" will find familiar suspense and fresh stakes in Anne Hillerman's new thriller.
By Molly Boyle