by Tony Hillerman
This novel starts off with Navajo Tribal Police sergeant Jim Chee finding a corpse in tribal lands near a natural gas field. The FBI is trying to take over the case, saying that it was a hunting accident. Joining Chee on the case is the familiar characters of Joe Leaphorn and Bernadette Manuelito....
I normally enjoy Mr. Hillerman's works, and have a collection I like to return to over and over. This one, sadly, went straight into the box to go to the used book store. The editing was so horrible as to be a joke. It makes one wonder if his writing has always been this bad, and some UberEditor has...
Overly complex. Felt like an attempt to update the series and infusing with Mexican border issues, Senate committees and drugs. Not nearly enough landscape. An attempt at multiple perspectives again, which was used to create tension and move the plot forward, since solving the murder wasn't possibl...
In this late installment in the series, Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito finally break the ice after dancing around each other for the last few books. That's probably of more significance to fans of the Leaphorn/Chee series than the plot, which is a fairly tedious one about drug smuggling and stolen oi...
The narrator tried hard but he didn't do a very good job with the women's voices and that kind of threw off the whole book. I love these mysteries with just a slight touch of romance. I love how in depth the author goes into the Indian culture.
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