A deadly bombing takes Navajo Tribal cops Bernadette Manuelito, Jim Chee, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, back into the past to find a vengeful killer in this riveting Southwestern mystery from the bestselling author of Spider Woman’s Daughter and Rock with Wings.
When a car bomb kills a young man in the Shiprock High School parking lot, Officer Bernadette Manuelito discovers that the intended victim was a mediator for a multi-million-dollar development planned at the Grand Canyon.
But what seems like an act of ecoterrorism turns out to be something far more nefarious and complex. Piecing together the clues, Bernadette and her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee, uncover a scheme to disrupt the negotiations and inflame tensions between the Hopi and Dine tribes.
Retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn has seen just about everything in his long career. As the tribal police’s investigation unfolds, he begins to suspect that the bombing may be linked to a cold case he handled years ago. As he, Bernadette, and Chee carefully pull away the layers behind the crime, they make a disturbing discovery: a meticulous and very patient killer with a long-simmering plan of revenge.
Writing with a clarity and grace that is all her own, Anne Hillerman depicts the beauty and mystery of Navajo Country and the rituals, myths, and customs of its people in a mystery that builds on and complements the beloved, bestselling mysteries of her acclaimed father, Tony Hillerman.
Anne Hillerman is following in the footsteps of her Father. I hope she continues with writing.
The characters never come alive.
Great continuation of familiar characters where culture and crime intersect.
The author is following in her father’s footsteps
Enjoyed the mysteries, the character development as well as learning something about Native American culture and traditions.
excellent!!
Enjoy reading about the Navajo’s and Hopi. Read all the books by her father and am glad that she is continuing where he left off. If you liked Tony Hillerman you will like this book
Continuation of Tony Hillerman novels by his daughter. Good continuation, lots of Indian and Southwest facts, good character development. Story told mainly from Bernie Manuelito perspective, so a feminine slant. Believable characters and story. very good read.
So glad to run into Chee, Leaphorn and Bernie again!
Anne Hillerman has done an excellent job of continuing this series. She has a style remarkably similar to her father and the characters continue to be likable and interesting. I also enjoy learning more about the Native Americans.
I do not like the fact that the author concentrates on Bernie Manuelito so much. I read the stories for Chee and Lockhorn. The books have gone downhill since Bernie became the focus.
Anne H. does a wonderful job of continuing the stories of the characters her father started. There’s much to look forward to I think.
I loved Tony Hillerman’s books. His daughter Anne has continued the characters and their lives in the landscapes. She has introduced a feminine point of view which I sometimes find a bit jarring, remembering so much of her father’s work, and there is less about the Navajo traditions that I so enjoyed learning, but she is a skillful writer and I enjoy the continuing acquaintance of the characters I’ve enjoyed so much.
This book gets your interest right from the beginning and keeps you turning pages. I also love the way the Indian culture is woven into the plot.
Anne has taken the mantle from her father Tony and has been able to carry forward the magic of the Navajo mystery series, the native culture, the American Southwest and the vivid characters like Bernie Manuelito and Jim Chee. I feel like she has been able to carry the storyline forward in an almost seamless fashion, while adding her own voice. This is now her series to carry forward. I highly recommend this book and will be reading the other installments in this series.
Well researched ,Miss Hillerman is getting better but has not quit reached the level of her father, who had more complexity and less personal details about food and feelings
As great an author of the southwest as her father.
It was as good as her father wrote. All the characters were well deleveloped. I have enjoyed all of her books.
I liked it as a continuation of the wonderful Tony Killerman characters with new plots.
Carrying on fathers tradition wonderfully.