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Spider Woman's Daughter: A Leaphorn & Chee Novel
Ditulis oleh Anne Hillerman
Narasi oleh Christina Delaine
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Legendary tribal sleuths Leaphorn and Chee are back!
The supremely talented daughter of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman continues his popular series with this fresh, new mystery-her debut novel-filled with captivating lore, startling suspense, bold new characters, vivid color, and rich atmosphere.
It happened in an instant: After a breakfast with colleagues, Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito sees a sedan career into the parking lot and hears a crack of gunfire. When the dust clears, someone very close to her is lying on the asphalt in a pool of blood.
With the victim in the hospital fighting for his life, every person in the squad and the local FBI office is hell-bent on catching the gunman. Bernie, too, wants in on the investigation, despite regulations strictly forbidding eyewitness involvement. Her superior may have ordered her to take some leave, but that doesn't mean she's going to sit idly by, especially when her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee, is put in charge of finding the shooter.
Pooling their skills, Bernie and Chee discover that a cold case involving Chee's former boss and partner, retired lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, may hold the key to the shooting. Digging into the old investigation with discriminating eyes and a fervent urgency, husband and wife find themselves inching closer to the truth with every clue . . . and closer to a killer who will do anything to prevent justice from taking its course.
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Spider Woman's Daughter: A Leaphorn & Chee Novel
Ditulis oleh Anne Hillerman
Narasi oleh Christina Delaine
Deskripsi
Legendary tribal sleuths Leaphorn and Chee are back!
The supremely talented daughter of New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman continues his popular series with this fresh, new mystery-her debut novel-filled with captivating lore, startling suspense, bold new characters, vivid color, and rich atmosphere.
It happened in an instant: After a breakfast with colleagues, Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito sees a sedan career into the parking lot and hears a crack of gunfire. When the dust clears, someone very close to her is lying on the asphalt in a pool of blood.
With the victim in the hospital fighting for his life, every person in the squad and the local FBI office is hell-bent on catching the gunman. Bernie, too, wants in on the investigation, despite regulations strictly forbidding eyewitness involvement. Her superior may have ordered her to take some leave, but that doesn't mean she's going to sit idly by, especially when her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee, is put in charge of finding the shooter.
Pooling their skills, Bernie and Chee discover that a cold case involving Chee's former boss and partner, retired lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, may hold the key to the shooting. Digging into the old investigation with discriminating eyes and a fervent urgency, husband and wife find themselves inching closer to the truth with every clue . . . and closer to a killer who will do anything to prevent justice from taking its course.
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Years ago I enjoyed reading some of the Leaphorn and Chee novels. Anne Hillerman continued her father's series, beginning with this installment. Leaphorn spends most of the novel in the hospital with readers uncertain whether or not he'll survive an attempt on his life. Officer Bernadette "Bernie" Manuelito witnesses the incident and is placed on administrative leave. Her husband Jim Chee is put in charge of the Navajo side of the investigation with the FBI in charge of the case. As they puzzle through Leaphorn's computer and other case files to seek someone with a grudge, attention focuses on an appraisal Leaphorn performed for the AIRC in Santa Fe--mostly because a report that should have arrived did not. When it did show up, parts of the report were missing. Although the "whodunit" was fairly obvious, I still enjoyed the book. I listened to the audio book, and I appreciated the cadence of the narrator's voice which seemed to work well with the Navajo nation setting. I now want to re-read/read the older series as well as forge ahead with Anne's extension of it.
The pacing is excellent except for a couple of late stumbles, the characters pretty good, the setting well integrated. That the solution becomes obvious to the reader while the detectives don't catch on until too much later and the ranting of the villain is a total fail.
What a delight to be able to carry on reading the Hillerman Navajo books! After the death of her father Tony Hillerman, his daughter Anne Hillerman has taken on the cloak of wonderful Navajo mysteries. She has segued seamlessly into the series, which is not too surprising as she often worked with her father on the stories. All my favorite characters are here. Joe Leaphorn (but will he survive his attempted murder?), Chief Largo, Jim Chee, now married to fellow cop Bernie (Bernadette) Manuelito who is witness to the close up shooting. Who targeted Joe Leaphorn? Why? Where is his housemate who seems to have disappeared or just simply left the house? So much to be learned and Bernie, as the only witness, is not allowed to work the case. This is an in-depth look at the life and beliefs of the Navajo nation and at the same time a truly well thought out police case, with surprises, action, loss and crime. Chaco Canyon is as true to reality and mystery as always. Always a major crime to be solved but at the same time we learn a bit of history, a bit of lore, a bit of healing, and a sense of community. Wow! I loved this book! It's like being reunited with old friends. Thank you Anne Hillerman for continuing the series. I've missed the stories and am so happy to be able to continue with this new book. As before, the very active Navajo police at the fore, surrounded by the legends and lifestyles of the Navajo, Zuni, Pueblo and other nations; a wonderful balance.
I'm impressed - the mystery was good, and the sense of place was a delight.
At first I was skeptical about how good, if at all, the book would be..... I wasn't sure that anyone would be able to follow in Tony Hillerman's footsteps, but I was happily disappointed.
Jim Chee's wife, Dineh Police officer Bernie, is there when a blue car comes up & the driver shoots Joe Leaphorn point blank..... As Leaphorn lays in Bernie's arm, Bernie promises to find out who shot him.
Leaphorn's notes are all cryptograms.... but they and a not mailed letter lead to AIRC, a museum in Santa Fe that has a fine collection of Southwestern Native American Artifacts. Leaphorn was working for them as an Insurance investigator, looking at a soon to be acquired collection that had some items that were grossly undervalued.
The shooter's car turns up @ Basha's, which turns out to have been borrowed from a Cranky older Dineh woman..... Who has absolutely no idea, that her son has been loaning it out to others for a bit of cash.
We also meet Bernie's mother & sister......which will be a continuing story.
I found this to be fast reading & interesting... I held my interest and I liked it.... in fact I'm looking forward to reading more.
Jim Chee's wife, Dineh Police officer Bernie, is there when a blue car comes up & the driver shoots Joe Leaphorn point blank..... As Leaphorn lays in Bernie's arm, Bernie promises to find out who shot him.
Leaphorn's notes are all cryptograms.... but they and a not mailed letter lead to AIRC, a museum in Santa Fe that has a fine collection of Southwestern Native American Artifacts. Leaphorn was working for them as an Insurance investigator, looking at a soon to be acquired collection that had some items that were grossly undervalued.
The shooter's car turns up @ Basha's, which turns out to have been borrowed from a Cranky older Dineh woman..... Who has absolutely no idea, that her son has been loaning it out to others for a bit of cash.
We also meet Bernie's mother & sister......which will be a continuing story.
I found this to be fast reading & interesting... I held my interest and I liked it.... in fact I'm looking forward to reading more.
"Interesting stories and good writing matter". I am grateful that Anne Hillerman is continuing the education via storytelling about the American Southwest and their Indigenous communities.
It's hard to pick up from another author, even if that author was your father. Still I think Anne Hillerman has done a good job. I don't quite feel the characters as I did with Tony Hillerman but her descriptions and story development were quite well done. I have just downloaded another of her books.
Anne Hillerman's storytelling skills aren't quite as smooth as her father's, but this is a good first novel and I think she'll grow into the world of Leaphorn, Chee and Bernie. She made a good decision to focus on Officer Manuelito who has a more complex life than her colleagues.
A great story about loyalty and love. The attempted murder of a retired Navajo policeman is the kick off for the mystery of the book. That plot line was interesting, but I was most struck by the way the author portrayed the way people love, each other, their heritage, and their dreams.
I have read and enjoyed all of Tony Hillerman's books. This was written by his daughter after his death. I think that she continued the personalities of Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito, but if didn't seem to have the depth of detail about the Navajo culture that his books did. I did enjoy the book and will probably read additional books that she writes in this series.
In this excellent reading, narrated by Christina Delaine, Bernie and Jim Chee are determined to find out who gunned down Leaphorn, right in front of Bernie. Leaphorn ends up in a coma in a Santa Fe hospital, and his longtime companion Louisa has disappeared. Their detective work leads them to some young Indian men with complicated stories and some dedicated archaeologists with a past. To add to the character development, we learn about Bernie's family situation, her elderly mother and her irresponsible younger sister, as well as the depth of her and Chee's marriage. There are loose ends, leading to an urge to read the next in the series.
I applaud Anne Hillerman for giving us one more book featuring her late father's well-loved characters. She remains true to his vision of the people and locale, and if the pacing is a bit slow at times, it's a small price to pay for one last installment featuring Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernie Manuelito.
I have been missing the early Hillerman series. I enjoyed this one by I believe his daughter.
Excellent characters, settings, and plot development plus pace of the mystery—phrased through Navaho culture and the New Mexico and Arizona landscape.
I like her writing style plain simple sand easy to follow.
I'm glad Anne picked up the series for her dad. There are too many great stories left to tell and Chee and Bernie have a great future ahead of them. Anne gives a deeper sense of character than her father but I miss the detailed landscape and cultural references that Tony used. Still a great book though.
Not as compelling a read, and I felt like the mystery was not very mysterious. I did enjoy the cultural references.
Tony Hillerman fans will deeply enjoy his daughter's novels. Anne remains true to the places and people...you can just see the locations. It's a great story of love and crime. Bernie has married Chee--her mother calls him Cheeseburger...funny. Leaphorn gets shot in the beginning and you wonder if Anne will kill him off as Bernie and Chee pursue the killer. In the end, strange motive!
Hillerman's daughter Anne has written a new mystery in his series and it's a winner. Tony H admired Chee just a bit too much for my taste, so Anne's writing is very refreshing. Chee's wife, Bernie, actually gets to be the star of this one.Also, a total lack of contractions in Tony's writing style made his stories feel a bit stiff and formal, though perhaps that's the way the Navajo actually speak. With Anne, the sentences flow much better and her imagery is just as lovely as her Dad's.
The point of view is more feminine that in Tony's books and the mystery was way too simple. Even so, it has been way too long since I have had a new Hillerman to read and I have forgotten how much I had loved them.
I've enjoyed many of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. His daughter has delivered a new novel and I started it yesterday and was very happy to finish it today. As her father would, Hillerman adds many details of Navaho art and setting in the police procedural.
I really enjoyed this continuation of the Leaphorn/Chee mysteries, originally written by the author's father, Tony Hillerman. I like the new perspective focusing on Bernie Manuelito, who is a self-confident female Navajo police officer. The descriptions of the land and character of the people is similar to the original books, which makes them a real pleasure to read.
I enjoyed this effort by Anne Hillerman to forge continuity for several of her father's characters. Downsides for me were an ending that seemed rushed & unsatisfying, and a less edgy, more 'domesticated" Jim Chee than we've grown accustomed to. Bernadette Manuelito's development was nicely handled, and the unabridged audiobook reader did a good job with narration.
What an unexpected treat...to have another Leaphorn & Chee novel, this one written by Tony Hillerman's daughter Anne. The old characters are back, but now with Bernie Manualito playing a leading role. Takes a while to develop suspense, but the story works and now I need to go back and read the old ones, it's been so long.
The solution to the mystery becomes evident quite a while before the end of the book, but it is wonderful to have these characters and settings back.
So glad to see I can still get to read about Leaphorn and Chee and Manuelito. Was sad when Tony Hillerman died, but his characters live on in his daughter's mind.
Anne Hillerman is the daughter of Tony Hillerman, a writer that entranced us with mysteries set in the Four Corners area of the US. Tony died in 2008 but even before that I thought his books had lost some of their punch. I am happy to say that Anne has brought back the excitement to this area with her first book in the series.Joe Leaphorn has long been retired but he is still called upon for advice by the Navajo Tribal Police, especially by Jim Chee and his wife and fellow officer, Bernadette Manuelito. So he attended the monthly breakfast of the Tribal Police and when he left Officer Manuelito was the only witness to someone shooting him from a car in the parking lot. She saw the shooter for only a few seconds and the car for not much longer but the information she gave was enough to track down the vehicle. While Leaphorn is medivacced to a hospital in Santa Fe, the police leap into action. Chee is in charge of the investigation and Manuelito is told to take leave to get over the traumatic event. The only thing she is supposed to do for the investigation is get in touch with Leaphorn's relatives. But that proves hard and while looking in Leaphorn's house for contact information Bernie runs across some mail from Leaphorn's last case. Leaphorn was looking into the valuations of some native art that was going to be returned to the US from a Japanese collector. It looks like he had wrapped up the case but hadn't gotten his bill into the mail. Bernie ends up delivering the envelope directly and gets hired by the client to follow up on something Leaphorn noticed.Officer Manuelito is a delight. She has an aging mother and a troubled sister but she manages to cope with them and with her worry for Leaphorn and with following up on Leaphorn's case without faltering. She and Chee have a great relationship and mutual respect. I look forward to learning more about Bernie and her family.One of the places mentioned in the book is Chaco Canyon, a spot where the Ancient Pueblos lived for centuries. It was the centre of trade for these ancestors of modern natives. It sounds like a fascinating place to visit. I certainly plan to check it out when I am down in the Four Corners area next.
Lucky Tony Hillerman fans will deeply enjoy his daughter's novels. This one encompasses the Leaphorn legacy, with Bernadette Manuelito now married to Chee, but with less violence and a wondrous sharing of Navaho weaving and pottery. It is one to be savored and shared. Very clever, written with love and humor - I'll now search for ROCK WITH WINGS - even the title is compelling.
I listened to only the first and last CDs of Spider Woman. Ms. HIllerman offended me by having Joe Leaphorn shot in the first CD. I listed to the last just to find out if she would have the gall to kill off her father's character. Normally, I prefer reading mysteries with a heroine as the main character instead of a hero, but not this time. If the cover had been honest and billed this as a 'Bernadette Manuelito with some assistance from Jim Chee' novel, I wouldn't have felt cheated.As for narrator Christina Delaine, the only time I didn't wince was when she wasn't attempting an accent or a male character. I spent the climax having my nerves grated instead of being thrilled by Bernie and Chee's deadly peril. The killer's dialog with Bernie was interesting. Still doesn't make up for what happened to Joe, though.Perhaps reading the print version would be better, but I'm in no mood to try that.
I never really got into Tony Hillerman's books, although there are many of them on my shelves since my husband is a big fan. I did however get a chance to listen to this one last month while I was snowed in, and have decided that the Hillerman books are definintely worth adding to the my teetering TBR pile. I especially liked the female protagonist in this well plotted story that paints a detailed picture of the police procedures employed when crimes occur on Native American reservations in the southwest. I'm definitely going to be reading more of hers when they're published, and will be going back to look at Tony Hillerman's popular series.