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The Shape Shifter
Tony Hillerman
Harper, 2008
Not his best, but still worth the read
Gentle explorations into Navajo culture coexist with criminal brutality and meditations on retirement in this odd, but still satisfying, Hillerman novel. The story follows the multiple identities of a murderer, the shape shifter of the title, studied persistently by ...
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The Dark Wind (Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1990
"A dark wind has entered his soul"
"Enemies unseen... Fears unspoken...... A dark wind has entered his soul"
Navajo Tribal Police Sgt. Jim Chee seems to be batting zero; so far he has not been able to solve a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. In an area that was joint use land between the Navaho ...
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The First Eagle (Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1999
a murderer caught red-handed, or was Chee wrong?
Acting Lt Jim Chee is finds a Hopi indian with blood on his hands and a dead policeman, and naturally assumes the Hopi had just killed him. This particular indian even has a motive! But all is not what it seems, as the legendary retired Lt Joe Leaphorn gets involved ...
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Talking God (Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1991
Beautifully structured, compelling mystery
A Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn mystery and one which shows the character and process of both men in the crime solving. Joe Leaphorn is investigating the death of a man found beside a railroad on the reservation, written in a notebook is a name, Agnes Tssose and a ceremonial. ...
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Skinwalkers (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1990
Superb: A brilliant writer at his absolute best.
Oklahoma's own Tony Hillerman shines brightly with "Skinwalkers", the first of the Leaphorn/Chee mysteries to put the two characters together in the same book. One of the best novels from one of the most brilliant writers of the past 35 years. VERY highly recommended!
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People of Darkness (Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1991
Skinwalkers, Navajo Wolves and Witches
In "People of Darkness", Navajo tribal police Sargent Jim Chee stumbles onto a mystery and unravels multiple crimes after being asked to find a keepsake box belonging to a wealthy man outside of Chee's jurisdiction. The wealthy man's second wife specifically ...
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A Thief of Time (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1990
One of Hillerman's best
'A Thief of Time' was Hillerman's 'breakout' book and led to numerous awards, although by the time the book was first printed in 1988 Hillerman had been writing his Leaphorn and Chee Navajo adventure mystery novels for some 18 years.
This tale takes Leaphorn and ...
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The Sinister Pig
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 2004
A Twisting Tale
Hillerman again skillfully leads his readers through convoluted mysteries while painting verbal pictures of the American West. He switches tantalizingly between the reader's favorite characters, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, portraying the Navajo lifestyle as he leads us ...
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The Ghostway
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1992
Shoot out at the Wash-O-Mat
A Shoot out at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat leads to a puzzle that only Jim Chee with his knowledge of the Ghostway and of death rituals can try to peace together. Related is a disappearance of a school girl (Margaret Sosi) will lead Jim from the New Mexico landscape to the ...
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Listening Woman (Joe Leaphorn Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1990
Action and adventure among the Navajos
This book is a great read with all the plot elements that one could want: Cerebral sleuthing; action and adventure; convoluted plot that keeps you hanging on to the last second; fun characaters; and more.
The story starts with a murder of two people. Hosteen Tso is ...
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Coyote Waits (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1992
Very good
This book has been recommended to me many times since it was released and I just now got around to reading it. Extraordinary characters populate a beautiful landscape, playing off one another to tell a compelling yet sad tale about an old man, greedy academics, ...
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (The Best American Series)
Houghton Mifflin, 2001
First Rate Anthology - Good Selections from Ten Decades
The Best American Mysteries Stories of the Century, compiled by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler, is a remarkably good anthology. The editors imposed few rules on themselves, other than identifying the best stories. Some years are skipped while others have two or ...
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The Fly on the Wall
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1990
Not as good as others but good nevertheless
I did finish the book staying up until 1 pm. If you are a fan of Hillerman, then you do want to read this book. The two "chased by the bad guy" scenes in the book, one in Santa Fe and the other in the Capitol, are worth the price of admission. They are pulse quickening ...
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The Blessing Way (Joe Leaphorn Novels)
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 1990
WHAT HAPPENED TO BERGEN MCKEE?
I have read nearly everything that Tony Hillerman has written and, ironically, I read THE BLESSING WAY, one of Hillerman's first books, last. Doing so has given me some interesting perspectives about Hillerman and his stories.
It's interesting to me, for example, ...
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The Wailing Wind
Tony Hillerman
HarperTorch, 2003
My first Tony Hillerman novel
As a member of [...], I wrote a newsletter about the author Tony Hillerman. I had never read one of his mystery novels, which the research for the newsletter inspired me to do. I am glad that I did. It's been a few years since I read a mystery novel and Tony Hillerman ...
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