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Search - The First Eagle (Jim Chee)
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Book Description:
When Acting Lt. Jim Chee catches a Hopi poacher huddled over a butchered Navajo Tribal police officer, he has an open-and-shut case--until his former boss, Joe Leaphorn, blows it wide open. Now retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Leaphorn has been hired to find a hot-headed female biologist hunting for the key to a virulent plague lurking in the Southwest. The scientist disappeared from the same area the same day the Navajo cop was murdered. Is she a suspect or another victim? And what about a report that a skinwalker--a Navajo witch--was seen at the same time and place too? For Leaphorn and Chee, the answers lie buried in a complicated knot of superstition and science, in a place where the worlds of native peoples and outside forces converge and collide.
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David C. from BRISTOW, VA wrote on 7/24/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love the way Hillerman weaves Navaho and Hopi traditions into a murder mystery, and this book is a prime example. Jim Chee is now Acting Lieutenant, and Joe Leaphorn has retired. But, of course, Leaphorn can't resist a mystery...
A good read.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Navajo Tribal police officer is murdered and Lt. Jim Chee catches the Hopi eagle poacher in the act. So why is retired Joe Leaphorn searching for a missing female biologist in the same area? Maybe the skinwalker knows.
Susan J. B. from SEATTLE, WA wrote on 11/6/2005...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. PBS did a good job of telling these stories; but the book has much
greater dimension. A gritty story with touches of
humor placed in the Navajo nation.
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Bonnie O. from NEVADA, MO wrote on 2/28/2007...Complex, engrossing...Leaphorn and Chee are at it again.
This book features Acting Lt. Jim Chee and retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn. Chee is working on the murder of a Navajo Police Officer and Leaphorn is working on finding a missing woman who went missing on the same day and in the same area as the Police Officer's murder. The two end up working together to solve both mysteries. Even though Chee is sure he already has his man.
Navajo police office Jim Chee takes the lead in this investigation helped by Lt. Joe Leaphorn,Retired to find a hot-headed female biologist....
Scherrie J. from PHILADELPHIA, PA wrote on 12/26/2006...He is smart and witty
Chee reunites with Leaphorn, always a great combination and as always a great read.
Caryle R. from ROSAMOND, CA wrote on 2/19/2006...Great thriller set in the southwest with Indian characters and murder galore. Great book.
The Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn series of books takes place on Navajo reservations. The books are atmospheric, and the characters are memorable.