Skeleton Man
In 1956, an airplane crash left the remains of 172 passengers scattered among the majestic cliffs of the Grand Canyon—including an arm attached to a briefcase containing a fortune in gems. Half a century later, one of the missing diamonds has reappeared . . . and the wolves are on the...
show more
In 1956, an airplane crash left the remains of 172 passengers scattered among the majestic cliffs of the Grand Canyon—including an arm attached to a briefcase containing a fortune in gems. Half a century later, one of the missing diamonds has reappeared . . . and the wolves are on the scent.Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is coming out of retirement to help exonerate a slow, simple kid accused of robbing a trading post. Billy Tuve claims he received the diamond he tried to pawn from a mysterious old man in the canyon, and his story has attracted the dangerous attention of strangers to the Navajo lands—one more interested in a severed limb than in the fortune it was handcuffed to; another willing to murder to keep lost secrets hidden. But nature herself may prove the deadliest adversary, as Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee follow a puzzle—and a killer—down into the dark realm of Skeleton Man.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061967795 (0061967793)
Publish date: May 25th 2010
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense,
Western
Series: Navajo Mysteries (#17)
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.
Log in with Facebook 
