People of Darkness
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An assassin waits for Officer Jim Chee in the desert to protect a vision of death that for thirty years has been fed by greed and washed by blood.Who would murder a dying man? Why would someone steal a box of rocks? And why would a rich man's wife pay $3,000 to get them back? These questions haunt Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police as he journeys into the scorching Southwest. But there, out in the Bad Country, a lone assassin waits for Chee to come seeking answers, waits ready and willing to protect a vision of death that for thirty years has been fed by greed and washed in blood.
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23 primary books#4 in Leaphorn & Chee
Leaphorn & Chee is a 23-book series with 24 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by Tony Hillerman, Steve Levine, and Anne Hillerman.
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During a recent vacation to New Mexico, I saw Tony Hillerman's books at just about every single gift shop and anywhere selling books. After thoroughly enjoying all the wonderful sights of New Mexico, I thought I'd like to go there again from home.
Well, whoopsie doodles, I picked up the fourth book in Tony Hillman's detective series because it was the oldest one available at the library. And I'd neglected my phone at home and couldn't look up the proper order. Or ask a librarian.
Anyway, I'm glad I started with this book instead of the first, which I had a harder time sticking with. The characters are well-drawn and the story was engaging. The author does a good job of keeping you interested in the politics and jurisdictional rules of Indigenous American reservations and municipal/county/state/Federal authorities. That might sound dullsville, but not in the author's hands.
