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| Original Title: | Coyote Waits |
| ISBN: | 0061099325 (ISBN13: 9780061099328) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Leaphorn & Chee #10 |
| Characters: | Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, Delbert Nez, Ashie Pinto |
| Setting: | United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | Nero Award (1991) |
Tony Hillerman
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.08 | 8438 Users | 260 Reviews
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| Title | : | Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee #10) |
| Author | : | Tony Hillerman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 1992 by HarperPaperbacks (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Westerns. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Detective. Native Americans |
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The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez—a bullet did. And the old man in possession of the murder weapon is a whiskey-soaked shaman named Ashie Pinto. Officer Jim Chee is devastated by the slaying of his good friend Del, and confounded by the prime suspect's refusal to utter a single word of confession or denial.Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believes there is much more to this outrage than what appears on the surface, as he and Jim Chee set out to unravel a complex weave of greed and death that involves a historical find and a lost fortune. But the hungry and mythical trickster Coyote is waiting, as always, in the shadows to add a strange and deadly new twist.
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Ratings: 4.08 From 8438 Users | 260 ReviewsRate About Books Coyote Waits (Leaphorn & Chee #10)
Thinly plotted and less interesting than A Thief of Time but still worth a read for fans of Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee and Lt. Joe Leaphorn. Hillerman's descriptions of the Southwest Border Country make me want to 'Go West, old lady! Go West!'. On the vast rolling prairie that lead away from the highway toward the black shape of Ship Rock every clump of sagebrush, every juniper, every snakeweed, every hummock of bunch grass cast it's long blue shadow--an infinity of lines of darknessI have been reading Tony Hillerman's books for about 30 years. Now, with the help of Goodreads, I am reading all the ones that I missed. This book starts with Navajo Policeman Jim Chee finding the dead body of fellow Navajo Policeman Delbert Nez, shot dead and inside his burning patrol car. Officer Chee gets badly burned pulling Nez out of the burning car. Chee feels guilty that he wasn't there when Nez was killed and even though he is on sick leave recovering from his burns, he sets out to find
I love every Leaphorn and/or Chee novel that Hillerman has written.However, as I have noted elsewhere, in the latter half of the series, the very annoying anthropologist, Louisa Bourbonette, makes her way onto the scene and ingratiates herself into Leaphorn's investigation with a degree of entitlement that always has rubbed me the wrong way. Of course, it's no good blaming Leaphorn; I blame Hillerman. I wrote him a letter to this effect at one point but it did absolutely no good.However, now I
I have been reading Tony Hillerman's books for about 30 years. Now, with the help of Goodreads, I am reading all the ones that I missed. This book starts with Navajo Policeman Jim Chee finding the dead body of fellow Navajo Policeman Delbert Nez, shot dead and inside his burning patrol car. Officer Chee gets badly burned pulling Nez out of the burning car. Chee feels guilty that he wasn't there when Nez was killed and even though he is on sick leave recovering from his burns, he sets out to find
This feels like one of the earlier Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn books. They arent even friends per se in this book; but they learn to work together, and I suspect this is the beginning of the friendship that eventually fully comes to fruition. I was surprised to learn that this was the 10th book in which the two appear together. Navajo Nation Officer Delbert Nez has been tracking a criminal, and he at last seems to have the guy. He is thrilled about that, and those listening to the tribal police
I read this many years ago, when it first came out in 1990, and have just re-read it, as I am reading a series of other southwestern-themed mysteries and I wanted to see if Hillermans stories held up against both time and the newer stories. The answer is yes, it did it held up well against both.I still enjoyed it very much, even after 20-plus years. I had remembered some of it, but not all, so some of it felt new again. And although the Internet, DNA and smart phones have taken over our lives
The best Leaphorn/Chee book in some time. The plot was strong and a bit deeper than some of the previous installments in the series I feel. Very unexpected ending (at least for me). But the ending was satisfying. No weird killings of children. Ties properly into the theme and title of the book. The ending made sense in the plot. Leaphorn is not so gloomy in this book, which helps. By Sacred Clowns I think he is fully out of his malaise.
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