by Tony Hillerman
It's getting harder and harder to find a Tony Hillerman novel I haven't read, so running across this one was a real treat.The story begins with a plane crash over the Grand Canyon in 1956 ... and ties into a modern-day case in which Cowboy Dashee's mentally disabled cousin Billy tries to pawn an eno...
Tony Hillerman used to be one of my favorite authors, but he did that thing a lot of authors do with long-running series: said he was done writing Leaphorn/Chee mysteries, but then kept writing them. After the stinker that was The Sinister Pig, I was almost afraid to read Skeleton Man, since it's th...
A little too modern for me. Involves a trip to Los Angeles and a shantytown development. Needless and uncharacteristic time is spent on antagonist development, including a horrific scene where he breaks into a mansion and leaves a macabre scene behind. I missed the Hillerman gentleness of earlier ...
I've always enjoyed all of Hillerman's Chee/Leaphorn books. They're just good, easy-to-read stories, and I've spent some time in that part of the country, so of course I like to read about it.Skeleton Man is one of the more interesting stories in the bunch.
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