Member Reviews

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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

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  “Tony Hillerman takes the startling beauty of the Southwest and combines it with the Navajo culture and uses this as his canvas as he paints a mysterious picture of lost gold mines, dead entrepreneurs, a missing wife, and a puzzle with many missing pieces and too many "detectives" in all the wrong places. Jim Chee, Bernadette Manuelito, Joe Leaphorn and Louisa Boubonette return in this novel that begins with Bernadette, a young Navajo Tribal Police Oficer, discovering a dead man in a pick-up truck. Suddenly what seems to be a simple death is found to be murder and is linked to a previous series of events involving gold, money, love and betrayal. Joe Leaphorn, retired investigator, is pulled into the picture to help discover the location of a missing wife and then things appear to spiral out of control.
  The Navajo traditions are an intricate part of the novel, adding an element to the story that keeps you focused on a perfect delicate balance Hillerman achieves in his story telling.
  The story is full of life and emotion and the mystery is well developed, concealing itself until the very end.”

  jeanne-scott wrote this review Wednesday, February 6 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “I enjoyed this mystery. The author entwines Navajo culture and information into his mysteries. I was interested to see what would happen. This is the first of his books that I have read and it was an easy read. I may read another one.”

  carriskis wrote this review Tuesday, July 8 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Another fun Hillerman book that takes me to the beautiful southwest. Somehow I never tire of Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn and the glimpses of Navajo culture.”

  Tere wrote this review Friday, May 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “It was fine. As one of my friends says, a good bed time book. Interesting enough to keep reading it, but not so engrossing that you neglect to turn off the light and go to sleep! Our library currently has a "Cabin Fever" program, where they encourage you to read one of all sorts of genres of books during these couple months. This was my mystery pick.”

  Elise wrote this review Wednesday, March 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I read this one while away on a Caribbean cruise over Christmas break. It is up to the standard of mystery that we Hillerman groupies expect. I read the whole thing in about 2 and 1/2 days so I could leave it in the cruise ship library where I found it. That makes about 5 of his titles I've completed.”

  Beverly A wrote this review Sunday, January 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )