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Loading... The Wailing Wind (original 2002; edition 2002)by Tony Hillerman
Work detailsThe Wailing Wind by Tony Hillerman (2002)
None. Another well written exploration of Navaho culture and territory by Hillerman. Leaphorn, now retired, and Chee work overlapping cases, while Chee falls in love with Bernadette. Reading on this CD version well done.  ritaer | Mar 2, 2013 |  My first Tony Hillerman read. I liked the story line. (  ) AdorableArlene | Oct 10, 2009 | My favorite part of the books in the series, as they have gotten this far, is the character development. I am so enjoying how Chee and Leaphorn continue to expand their friendship - and seeing Chee finally 'get it' regarding the kind of woman he really wants, is nice too. The mystery was interesting but tragic too. The love of money can sure mess things up! ( ) tjsjohanna | Aug 3, 2009 | Like many of Hillerman’s mysteries, this begins with the discovery of a dead body. Bernie’s discovery starts a chain of events that connect one of Joe Leaphorn’s unsolved cases with the legend of a lost gold mine and a Navaho sacred site. Passion for lost gold and the love between and man and women added to this mix leads to the uncovering of a tragedy as well as the solution to the mystery. Nice detailed map of the area covered in the novel provided on the end pages ( ) EssFair | Aug 21, 2008 | Only mildly entertaining, all in all pretty forgettable. Run-of-the-mill crime novel. Only exception – the main characters are native American Indians. (  ) cathepsut | Mar 17, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0061098795, Mass Market Paperback)A lost gold mine, a corpse in an abandoned pickup truck, and an eerie wailing heard on Halloween are among the delicious plot elements Tony Hillerman cooks up in his 15th novel featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. The two Navajo cops, one old and one young--who originally debuted in separate series but have been collaborating for many books now--are among the most engaging, fully human characters in crime fiction. As usual, Hillerman puts them to work in a suspenseful, satisfying tale that integrates a wealth of Navajo lore plus breathtaking evocations of the American Southwest, all delivered in prose as clear, clean, and easy-flowing as a mountain stream. Longtime readers will be delighted by several developments, including a prominent role for the appealing Officer Bernadette Manuelito and a glimpse at the phlegmatic Leaphorn's testy side. But Hillerman welcomes new arrivals as well, with enough exposition to get you oriented.Many writers have tried to follow Hillerman's trail, setting murder mysteries in Native American cultural landscapes. Many do a fine job. But, as The Wailing Wind beautifully demonstrates, there's only one Tony Hillerman. In this book he's at the top of his game. --Nicholas H. Allison (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:07:10 -0400) "To Officer Bernadette Manuelito, the man curled up on the truck seat was just another drunk, which got Bernie in trouble for mishandling a crime scene, which got Sergeant Jim Chee in trouble with the FBI, which drew Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn out of retirement and back into the old "Golden Calf" homicide, a case he had hoped to forget." "Nothing has seemed complicated about that earlier one: A con game had gone sour. A swindler had tried to sell wealthy old Wiley Denton the location of one of the West's multitude of legendary lost gold mines. Denton had shot the swindler, called the police, confessed the homicide, and done his short prison time. No mystery there." "Except why did the rich man's bride vanish? The cynics said she was part of the swindle plot. She'd fled when it failed. But, alas, old Joe Leaphorn was a romantic. He believed in love, and thus the Golden Calf case still troubled him. Now, papers found in this new homicide case connect the victim to Denton and to the mythical Golden Calf Mine. The first Golden Calf victim had been there just hours before Denton killed him. And while Denton was killing him, four children trespassing among the rows of empty bunkers in the long-abandoned Wingate Ordnance Depot called in an odd report to the police. They had heard, in the wind wailing around the old buildings, what sounded like music and the cries of a woman." "Bernie Manuelito uses her knowledge of Navajo country, its tribal traditions, and her friendship with a famous old medicine man to unravel the first knot of this puzzle, with Jim Chee putting aside his distaste for the FBI to help her. But the questions raised by this second Golden Calf murder aren't answered until Leaphorn solves the puzzle left by the first one and discovers what the young trespassers heard in the wailing wind."--BOOK JACKET.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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