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Details Appertaining To Books Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3)
| Title | : | Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3) |
| Author | : | Tony Hillerman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 316 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 1990 by HarperTorch (first published April 1978) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime |
Narrative Toward Books Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3)
I have read the majority of the Tony Hillerman Navajo Mysteries (Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee). I really enjoy reading about the 4 corners area and learning more about the Navajos, their history, and their culture.Listening Woman is a very compelling read. Many Hillerman fans think that it is one of his best novels in an 18 book series. I liked it, too.
Hillerman combines some really good elements including murder, kidnapping, theft, religious superstitions, a vicious dog, a Navajo Catholic priest, a violent Navajo militant group, boy scouts, the FBI, a man with gold glasses, a helicopter, fire, a massive explosion, and Joe Leaphorn the detective who gets to the bottom of the case while surviving some very harrowing experiences.
If you like the great American Southwest (NM, AZ, UT, CO), American Indian culture and history, compelling characters and intriguing mystery, then Hillerman provides plenty of good reading material.
Identify Books To Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3)
| Original Title: | Listening Woman |
| ISBN: | 0061000299 (ISBN13: 9780061000294) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Leaphorn & Chee #3 |
| Characters: | Joe Leaphorn |
| Setting: | New Mexico(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (1979), National Book Award Finalist for Mystery (Paperback) (1980) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3)
Ratings: 4.15 From 10883 Users | 359 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee #3)
Tony Hillerman's third Navajo thriller written in 1978, "Listening Woman" is a true classic. Lt. Joe Leaphorn is on the case and must battle danger at every turn. Hillerman has such wonderful characters to read. His characters come alive off the pages full of life and depth. Even Hillerman's bad guys are finely crafted . ""Listening Woman, at a very quick 289 pages was an incredible thriller. With each page it's seems to transport the reader to Canyon de Chelly, or along the Arizona/ UtahI enjoy this series. I am trying to read through it all in order. I'm giving this one only three stars is due to my own personal preferences - the story ends up in survival/thriller territory, where the character has been badly injured, hasn't had food, there are hostages etc., and that has always made for stressful & unenjoyable reading for me. what I really enjoy about this series is the familiarity of the characters, descriptions of nature... elements that make it feel cozy for me.
Had it not been for some unfortunate connotations that I had with Hillerman (he was the author of choice for a particularly Wicked Stepmother), I would have most likely read his whole oeuvre by now. When he died earlier this year, I decided to make like a good Southwesterner and rectify this omission in my reading list. The problem was I didn't really know where to start. (I was told by an enthusiastic library volunteer in Oro Valley, AZ that I should just start at the beginning and work my way
Another fine Tony Hillerman novel. Mixing Navajo patrolman Joe Leaphorn with domestic terrorists, kidnapping and armored car robbery. this one is a winner. Fun read
The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evil unleashed. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is sure the monster who savagely slaughtered an old man and a teenage girl was human. The solution to a horrific crime is buried somewhere in a dead man's secrets and in the shocking events of a hundred years past. To ignore the warnings of a venerable seer, however, might be reckless foolishness when Leaphorn's investigation
I have now read several of his books now and feel this one is the best one I have read. Joe given some cold cases to solve so he will not be babysitting a bunch of boy scouts meetimg on Navajo land. Included are a missing helicopter, take of am important individual, deaths of 2 Navajos and the man that tried to run over Joe. It takes place entirely on Navajo reservation so a lot of the Navajo way of life is explain. Joe's priority is the man. He finds the car and the driver and large dog are
Tony Hillermans third mystery (1978) still features the Navajo Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn on his own: no Jim Chee, no wife Emma, certainly no Bernie Manuelito. Possibly Hillerman was trying out a new writing strategy. There is the usual slice of Dinee lifeways (e.g., Listening Womans diagnostic practices used to determine the appropriate sing to cure an illness; the use of Kinaaldá, a girls puberty ceremony, as the backdrop for some serious sleuthing), but the author seems also to be trying his
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