Sacred Clowns: 9781664625051: Tony Hillerman

First there was the trouble at Saint Boneventure boarding school.

A teacher is dead, a boy is missing, and a council woman has put a lot of pressure on Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee to find her grandson.

Sitting on a rooftop watching sacred clowns perform their antics in a Pueblo ceremony, Chee spots the boy.

Then, suddenly, the crowd is in commotion.

One of the clowns has been savagely murdered.