It seems that Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito cannot catch a break. The two Navajo tribal police are trying to catch a rare vacation during their young marriage, and get pulled into two different mysteries -- separately!Chee, while trying to help his clan brother get a tour business started, winds up ...
The opening scene of Anne Hillerman’s new mystery hooked me immediately. When Officer Bernie Manuelito stops a driver for speeding, the man’s peculiar behavior, and the rifle and two boxes of dirt in his trunk, set up the first pieces in a complex puzzle. Two related mysteries seem separate at firs...
While continuing the characters and settings from Tony Hillerman’s books, Anne Hillerman has her own style and voice as a writer. I didn’t feel as if I was reading one of her father’s books, but I felt fully at home with her mastery of the series. She has the understanding of Navajo culture that’s c...
3.5I think Anne did a credible job but, that being said, it has been a long time since I finished this series and then Tony died so... But I enjoyed it for what it set out to do.
It's been over 20 years ago (in my early teens) since I started reading Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee mysteries. I'm pretty sure I've read them all. When I saw this, I hoped she can pick up where her father left off. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. I'm not entirely sure if it's my age, or my n...
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