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Work InformationThe Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman (1970)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is the first in the Joe Leaphorn series, and it was a fast, engaging read. Although Leaphorn's character isn't particularly well-developed here, a good portion of the story did not involve him anyway. It was well-paced, and the Native American beliefs and practices featured were incorporated easily into the narrative, without feeling "educational". no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesLeaphorn/Chee (1) Belongs to Publisher SeriesHarper Perennial Olive Editions (2019 Olive) Is contained inThe Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way/Dance Hall of the Dead/Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman Joe 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) by Tony Hillerman Is abridged inAwardsNotable Lists
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim discovered in a high lonely place, a corpse with a mouth full of sand, abandoned at a crime scene seemingly devoid of tracks or useful clues. Though it goes against his better judgment, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn cannot help but suspect the hand of a supernatural killer. There is palpable evil in the air, and Leaphorn's pursuit of a Wolf-Witch is leading him where even the bravest men fear, on a chilling trail that winds perilously between mysticism and murder. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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little leaphorn. In fact…it’s more of an “adventure “ story with the myth collecting
Professor having to avoid the death dealing “witch” throughout.kept my interest and will read more. Native American lore included has great interest ( )