Matt Storms should have known the person pounding on his door would be the bearer of bad news. That's just the way his luck had run of late. He'd arrived at the secluded family retreat on the Navajo reservation late at night anxious for a reprieve from his hectic job within an international nonprofit organization. Instead, he'd been startled awake by Navajo Nation Police informing him of a dead body-one of their own-found in a nearby ravine. Even worse, Matt is told an anonymous caller has identified him as the killer. Captain Russell Pete, an old family friend, believes Matt is innocent and pledges to absolve him of any wrongdoing. That is, until Russell disappears. Matt worries that a related series of strange occurrences are a result of Navajo chindi, or vengeful spirits, bent on destroying his life. A final desperate decision is sure to determine Matt's fate. Should he follow his instincts or place trust in the Navajo's mythological creature, Coyote, the trickster? COYOTE'S TRACE is the third in a series of international mystery thrillers by Mark W. Tarwater (Pursuing Shaytan and Curse of Aswang) available on Amazon.com.