In "People of Darkness," Hillerman's first novel to introduce Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police, Chee is forced to use all of his powers of deduction and insight to extricated himself from a deadly series of incidences involving a mysterious millionaire, a sinister, peyote-eating Indian cult, and what the" New York Times" called "an ingenious long-acting way of murder." In "The Dark Wind," a seemingly routine stakeout at a vandalized windmill thrusts Chee into the center of a dangerous web of drugs, witchcraft, and betrayal. And in "The Ghostways," a felon relocated under the Federal Witness Relocation Program sets off a chain of treachery and killings, and only Chee has the knowledge of the people and the landscape to understand the clues.
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"All the flavor and exoticism one associates with Mr. Hillerman...one of the best in the series." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Hillerman's best book in an already strong series." -- The New Republic
"Superb mystery...A spine-tingling cat-and-mouse chase." -- Washington Post
"Hillerman's best book in an already strong series." -- The New Republic
"Superb mystery...A spine-tingling cat-and-mouse chase." -- Washington Post
About the Author
Tony Hillerman is past president of Mystery Writers of America and has received their Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Silver Spur Award for the best novel set in the West, the Navajo Tribe's Special FriEND
Award, the National Media Award from the American Anthropological Association, the Public Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Nero Wolfe Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Center for the Book, an honorary life membership in the Western Literature Association, and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policiére. In addition to his election to Phi Beta Kappa, Tony Hillerman has been named Doctor of Humane Letters at Arizona State University and at Oregon's Portland State University. He lives with his wife, Marie, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Jim Chee is not the Slim Man!,
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Jim Chee takes himself seriously, but Tony Hillerman only wants to tell you a great story while inclucating in you some respect for a culture you may not know. If you've read Hillerman, I don't need to tell you much. The first Chee books are wonderful because they are the development of the character. If you started with later novels, go back and read the early ones! This collection is a great place to start! Ah, but then you'll be hooked, and you'll have to buy all of Hillerman's work! DO IT!! Your reading will tell you much more than my enthusiams will do here!ASM
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I purchased this for a gift and it is just what I wanted. Having read Tony Hillerman books for years,I know his books are great reading.
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This is a fantastic collection. Except, as I recall, Jim Chee smoked alot and drank way too much coffee. I had hearburn and a smoker's cough by the end of the 3 novels. But really - 3 fantastic stories & don't we LOVE the Dineh??? Don't we WISH we were born to Running Feet and born for Talking Water? And Jim still has g-i-r-l problems. Things just don't work out with Mary... but we kind of knew that already. Enjoy!
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IT WAS A JOB which required waiting for cultures to grow, for toxins to develop, for antibodies to form, for reagents to react. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peyote chief, death hogan, corpse hole, corpse powder, rug auction, hand trembler, peyote church, arroyo bottom, waffle soles, aluminum suitcases, ghost sickness, aluminum trailer, tribal police, keepsake box, blond man, navy pea coat, wash bottom, new lava Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Landon, Jim Chee, Dillon Charley, Leroy Gorman, Margaret Sosi, Los Angeles, Albert Gorman, Miss Pauling, New Mexico, Ashie Begay, Burnt Water, Joseph Musket, Tomas Charley, Wepo Wash, John Doe, Emerson Charley, Hosteen Begay, Joseph Joe, Captain Largo, Tuba City, Black Mesa, Navajo Tribal Police, Frank Sam Nakai, Two Gray Hills, Margaret Billy Sosi New!
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IT WAS A JOB which required waiting for cultures to grow, for toxins to develop, for antibodies to form, for reagents to react. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
peyote chief, death hogan, corpse hole, corpse powder, rug auction, hand trembler, peyote church, arroyo bottom, waffle soles, aluminum suitcases, ghost sickness, aluminum trailer, tribal police, keepsake box, blond man, navy pea coat, wash bottom, new lava Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mary Landon, Jim Chee, Dillon Charley, Leroy Gorman, Margaret Sosi, Los Angeles, Albert Gorman, Miss Pauling, New Mexico, Ashie Begay, Burnt Water, Joseph Musket, Tomas Charley, Wepo Wash, John Doe, Emerson Charley, Hosteen Begay, Joseph Joe, Captain Largo, Tuba City, Black Mesa, Navajo Tribal Police, Frank Sam Nakai, Two Gray Hills, Margaret Billy Sosi New!
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- Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman in Back Matter
- The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction by Mike Ashley on page 233
- Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman in Back Matter
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