Bernie is coming out of the restaurant heading back to the job when she watches Joe Leaphorn walk to his vehicle. Someone with a gun exits the car next to him and shoots him directly in the face...
Harper and Edelweiss allowed me to download a copy of an ebook of this story for review (thank you). It will be published the first of October, so make a note to check with your local bookstore then.
Anne is Tony Hillerman's daughter and I wanted to see how she did at writing a mystery with her father's characters. I was delighted to see it was almost exactly like her father's style. If anything, she added a bit more Indian history and culture to the tale with a more complex mystery. I was pleased.
Bernie and Jim both work hard on this case. Leaphorn was a mentor to them as well as a very good friend and they're afraid he'll die. They will not let his shooter get away.
As usual, there is a lot of side steps and gentle questions while dealing with the natives and the hoity toity white folks.
My only disappointment was that I was suspicious of the killer from the very beginning. Maybe that's just because I'm cynical. No one else seemed to think the person was odd. I challenge you to read this mystery and then let me know if you suspected the same person or if it was a surprise to you as it was to Chee. Go ahead, prove me wrong. You'll get a good read out of it on the way.
Happy reading.
I'm Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie, bookworm and bookseller. I have been selling books since January of 2000. It's a homebased business and I sell online only. Here is my website: http:www.bookfaerie.com I offer free shipping stateside. It's a one woman endeavor, and I love working for myself. I have over 6,000 books online now. I do book reviews from a reader's point-of-view and try to spread the magic of reading.
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