When Navajo detective Yazzie Goldman sees a hood hassling an old man, he has no idea what a long fall into trouble it heralds. The old man turns out to be none other than the most famous architect in the world, Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is carrying the sketches for his most important building, the Guggenheim Museum.
Some truly bad people are after Wright: A Chicago gangster wants Wright to pay back money he’s borrowed. One of Wright’s apprentices wants to steal the drawings and sell them. So does the son of the gangster.
Yazzie agrees to protect Wright. In the process he brings the architect into his Santa Fe home, endangering his family. John Ford is shooting a movie in Monument Valley, and luckily, the star of the movie, John Wayne, helps Yazzie ride against the bad guys.
Ending in a startling confrontation, Win Blevins and Meredith Blevins’s Stealing Fire is a thriller of psychology, Navajo mysticism, and murder.
Reviews
“Winner of lifetime achievement awards for western writing, Win Blevins, along with his wife Meredith Blevins, have portrayed an interesting protagonist in Goldman. … I highly recommend this novel, which is well-written with an exciting conclusion.” – Historical Novel Society
“Old Hollywood meets up with Navajo mysticism and murder, set against the stunning backdrop of the southwest. History and thrills run rampant on every page, and readers will have a blast!” – Suspense Magazine