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Sto caricando le informazioni... Skeleton Man (originale 2004; edizione 2004)di Tony Hillerman (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. (2004)(audio)Another very good Chee/Leaphorn mystery about the search for diamonds missing when two airliners crashed over the Grand Canyon in the 50s. Chee & Bernie have become engaged and are trying to determine how the ceremony will be performed and where they will live after marriage. Though listed as a Leaphorn and Chee novel, Joe Leaphorn barely figures in this one. In it, Chee and Bernie Manuelito get drawn into a deadly contest between two factions searching for diamonds lost in a decades-old airline disaster that sent two commercial planes and everything they held plummeting into the depths of the Grand Canyon. It's certainly an interesting plot idea, and the descriptions of the canyon are superb, but the strong Native traditions of so many of Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee novels definitely take a back seat in this one. Skeleton Man is really a Chee and Bernie book. Nevertheless, the book is good. The characters are all believable as well as the situations that the characters find themselves having to solve. There is slight humor in the suspenseful novel. The book is highly recommended and quite deserving of four stars in this review. This novel suffered from a descent into a somewhat formulaic Hillerman plot: criminal activity on tribal land, this time set in the Grand Canyon country with the villains being white folk. Interesting twist: Navajo police tracking down why one of their people had a $20,000 diamond in his possession. The beautiful scenery descriptions were evocative as ever, but there was little of the Navajo culture woven into the story. The author's accurate telling of Navajo traditions and the difficulties faced by the people in keeping their traditional ways are one of the main draws for me and that was missing. The mystery was interesting but dragged out too much. Amazon Description: Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn comes out of retirement to help investigate what seems to be a trading post robbery. A simple-minded kid nailed for the crime is the cousin of an old colleague of Sergeant Jim Chee. He needs help and Chee, and his fiancée Bernie Manuelito, decide to provide it. Leaphorn and Chee combine to solve a mystery. Great characters, great story. I love how the threads of Indian legends are woven into the fabric of the story and new characters are added the story such as Bernie and Louisa. The use of a historical event to build the story had me running to my computer to learn more about the past. The bad guys running around with guns made me nervous and on edge, TH really knows how to grab emotions in concern for his characters. Great Read! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieLeaphorn/Chee (17) È contenuto inJoe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mystery Series Complete Set by Tony Hillerman, Volumes 1-18. Also known as the Navajo Tribal Police Mystery Novels. (Titles include: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman / People of Darkness / The Darkwind / The Ghostway / Skinwalkers / A Theif of Time / Talking God / Coyote Waits, / Sacred Clowns / The Fallen Man / The First Eagle / Hunting Badger / The Walking Wind / The Sinister Pig / Skeleton Man / Shape Shifter) di Tony Hillerman È riassunto inMenzioni
Hailed as "a wonderful storyteller" by the New York Times, and a "national and literary cultural sensation" by the Los Angeles Times, bestselling author Tony Hillerman is back with another blockbuster novel featuring the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee. Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn comes out of retirement to help investigate what seems to be a trading post robbery. A simple-minded kid nailed for the crime is the cousin of an old colleague of Sergeant Jim Chee. He needs help and Chee, and his fiance Bernie Manuelito, decide to provide it. Proving the kid's innocence requires finding the remains of one of 172 people whose bodies were scattered among the cliffs of the Grand Canyon in an epic airline disaster 50 years in the past. That passenger had handcuffed to his wrist an attache case filled with a fortune in diamonds-one of which seems to have turned up in the robbery. But with Hillerman, it can't be that simple. The daughter of the long-dead diamond dealer is also seeking his body. So is a most unpleasant fellow willing to kill to make sure she doesn't succeed. These two tense tales collide deep in the canyon at the place where an old man died trying to build a cult reviving reverence for the Hopi guardian of the Underworld. It's a race to the finish in a thunderous monsoon storm to see who will survive, who will be brought to justice, and who will finally unearth the Skeleton Man. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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