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Loading... The First Eagle (1998)by Tony Hillerman
None.  ffortsa | Oct 4, 2012 |  In Hillerman's suspense novel, Navajo Tribal policeman Jim Chee and his mentor, Joe Leaphorn, discover a deadly killer stalking the reservation in the most chilling and beautifully crafted novel from the master of Southwestern suspense. In addition to its finely crafted wrought plot, this book offers a wealth of Tony Hillerman's signature gifts--glorious descriptions of the high desert, delicately drawn characters, and eloquent insights into the foibles and wisdom of the native peoples. (  ) debbieaheaton | Dec 8, 2011 | I never tire of reading about Leaphorn and Chee. Hillerman cares about the characters. (  ) beckie.rogers | Feb 10, 2011 | Very nice book. I read Fallen Man a long time ago, and didn't remember much about it except the pacing, setting, and culture of the Navajos made it interesting. This book again paints a great picture of the Navajo nation with its setting and pacing. This story is made better by telling the tale of man's struggle with plagues. If you are interested in ideas around the spread of virus's and killer bacteria, then you may enjoy this book. I certainly found the crime detective story and the plague detective story compelling. (  ) watson_1 | Apr 10, 2010 | Another great Hillerman ( ) KApplebaum | Jan 17, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0061097853, Mass Market Paperback)It seems like July 8 is going to be a bad day for Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee. He's got a stack of overdue paperwork on his desk. Anderson Nez has died of plague, but the circumstances around the death are murky. His ex-fiancée, Janet Pete, is returning from Washington, D.C., and Chee doesn't know what to think about her last letter. (Will they be getting married this time?) And Officer Benny Kinsman's unwanted advances have enraged Catherine Pollard (among others), one of the scientists studying this newest outbreak of the black death. Now, the hot-headed Kinsman's gone off to nab a Hopi man who's poaching eagles. When Chee is called to back Kinsman up at Yells Back Butte, the bad day turns worse. He finds the young Hopi, Robert Jano, standing over Benny's mortally wounded body. Jano insists that he did not kill the police officer. Add to all this Joe Leaphorn's separate investigation, also involving July 8. Joe's got a new role as consulting detective to the wealthy--investigating the July 8 disappearance at Yells Back Butte of the same Catherine Pollard who was dogged by Kinsman.This one bad day and the ensuing days of investigation bring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee together once again as they uncover the secret of Yells Back Butte, plague fleas, and skinwalkers. As usual, Hilllerman's ear for dialogue is remarkable. One does not read Leaphorn and Chee's words and thoughts as much as hear them. While the book invites new readers (little knowledge of the previous books in the series is presumed), one has the sense of entering an old neighborhood where friends and relations are established and emotions run deep. Jim Chee's pain is vivid as he struggles under the shadow of Leaphorn and questions the "rusty trailer" lifestyle that has driven him apart from Janet. Nothing is contrived in his mixture of fear and elation when he and Janet meet again. Hillerman has written an engaging novel that once again evokes the land and people of the Southwest while also confronting the cultural separateness of the region from the power centers of the East. Already honored for his previous work (Dance Hall of the Dead received the Edgar), The First Eagle is a welcome addition to the beloved Chee-Leaphorn series that began in 1971 with The Blessing Way. --Patrick O'Kelley (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:26:21 -0400) Lt. Jim Chee investigates the case of a young Hopi eagle-poacher caught huddled over the body of a policeman who tried to arrest him. Chee's retired former boss, Joe Leaphorn, is trying to locate a biologist who vanished while hunting the source of a deadly outbreak of bubonic plague. By an odd coincidence, the biologist disappeared from the same place on the same day the policeman was killed… (more) |
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Joe Leaphorn has been asked to find a young scientist who has disappeared in the same area where Chee's murder occurred. Of course, the retired lieutenant and the acting lieutenant will cross paths on their separate investigations.
Better than Fallen Man, but still a bit creaky. (