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    The Wailing Wind

    By Tony Hillerman

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    Legendary detectives Leaphorn and Chee are pulled into mysteries old and new in this haunting tale of obsessive greed, lost love, and murder from the “national literary and cultural sensation” (Los Angeles Times)—New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman.

    “Tony Hillerman’s novels are like no others. His insightful portrayal of the vast Navajo Reservation, the spirit-haunted people who inhabit it and the clash between ancient traditions and modern civilization that has shaped its present and will determine its future has produced a body of work unique in mystery fiction.”—San Diego Union-Tribune

    To Officer Bernie Manuelito the man curled on the truck seat was just another drunk—which got Bernie in trouble for mishandling a murder scene—which got Sgt. Jim Chee in trouble with the FBI—which drew ex-Lieutenent Joe Leaphorn out of retirement into an old crime he longed to forget. Legends of the area’s lost gold mines join the mountains and canyons of the Navajo Reservation as elements of Hillerman’s plot, but this tale turns on an obsessive love and memories of a missing woman’s voice wailing in the darkness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061795411
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    Tony Hillerman

    TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

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    • 3/5
      Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn and Bernadette Manuelito join forces to sift out clues from the sands of the Southwest.As usual, the tone and atmosphere of the location and the people are what is interesting about this mystery. I love the way Hillerman works history, legend and tradition into his stories.
    • 4/5
      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!
    • 4/5
      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
    • 4/5
      Not a hard mystery, but I really like the voice of these books. Makes me want to meet these people.....
    • 4/5
      The last few entries in the Leaphorn Navajo mystery series have fallen into a pattern, not to say rut: Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is assigned to a new case. As he's investigating, retired NTP Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn starts poking around an old, unsolved case from his time on the force. Eventually, he figures out the two cases are related; Chee and Leaphorn team up to solve both.This time around, we've got a confessed murderer, who claimed self defense when he shot a man who may have been trying to scam him about the location of a legendary lost gold mine. His wife disappeared at the time of the shooting, and now that he's out of prison he hires Leaphorn to try to find her.Chee and his latest ladylove Bernadette Manuelito, his subordinate on the NTP, are investigating the discovery of a man's body in his pickup truck located far off the beaten path. They find out that the newly dead guy was recently poking around the details of the old dead guy case and suspect there may be some sort of link. Oh, and Chee is in love. Again. Not that he makes even half a move, because he'd rather brood about it. Sigh.It's ... fine? It didn't feel as if there was as much information about Navajo customs in this one, which diminished my enjoyment a bit, although not as much as Chee's inept romance. The final solution seemed somewhat obvious but everything was wrapped up satisfactorily if not happily. Another one crossed off the list.
    • 3/5
      A quick read, enjoyable but without any deep meanings.
    • 4/5
      The Wailing Wind is a good suspenseful story from the very beginning to the end. Leaphorn was able to solve a mystery that seemed to have had no clues. The situations are believable as well as the characters. The story gets a solid four stars in this review.
    • 3/5
      Do you know, I watched many episodes of that BBC show, 'Doc Martin.' I could not help but think that there would be some sort of cosmic retribution for the way the writers, producers and actors portrayed the poor S. O. B. That is how I think of this particular Tony Hillerman novel. That poor girl didn't have to die like that. We really need to have more empathy and compassion for our fellow human beings. 'Nuff said. (And I apologize for any spoilers that may be apparent).
    • 3/5
      This Tony Hillerman story was written with a thin plot that wandered from the theme of The Wailing Wind, not what I expect from Hillerman’s Navajo detective series. The backstory was skilfully interwoven with the present developments in a cold case, but Hillerman’s descriptions of the landscape and traditional Navajo ways appeared as if by rote, which lacked its usual liveliness. My major disappointment was Leaphorn’s unthinking behaviour in revealing too much to the bad guy, Wiley Denton . This was out of character for a well-established personality in these tales.Bernie’s budding romance with Chee takes off in this narrative. This is a pleasant development after the ill-suited attraction to Mary Landon and the incompatible Janet Pete. The scenes where Bernie is sleuthing for the right plant habitat (and hence finding the scene of the original murder ) was an especially excellent part of the story. Overall, the book, for me, was only OK because I like a tight plot to match the theme and I want the protagonist to stay level-headed, even if retired. Recommended if you enjoy following the continuing adventures of Chee and Bernie.