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Hillerman always has a surprise, a twist in the story that keeps you in suspense. I like the history, issues, customs of the Native Americans that weave in and out of the story and which makes each book so atypical of "regular" mysteries.
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Another great story told by Tony Hillerman about Jim Chee and the Navajo Tribal Police. I love this series and learn something every time I read on of them.
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Crime thriller that was an ok read. It is entertaining but not that great.
Mary H. (LilCricket) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 23 more book reviews
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A very good plot and has a lot of mysterious happenings. If you like Hillerman's books, this is a must because it's one of the best my husband and I have read so far.
CHRIS P. (MaineMan) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 220 more book reviews
An excellent Hillerman mystery/thriller made into a major motion picture starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
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Back cover: A corpse whose palms and soles have been "scalped" is only the first strange clue in a deadly web spun by Navajo sorcery and white men's greed. Chee must piece together an airplane crash, an attack on a windmill, and a vanished cocaine shipment in order to solve the crime.
Andrea W. (noc-shift) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 298 more book reviews
awesome..Loved it will be reading more.
Dawn M. (Widow53) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 161 more book reviews
Interesting tale about drug runners on the Hopi-Navajo reservation. Tony Hillerman makes mention that Hopi theology as represented in this novel may not be perfectly accurate.
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Jim Chee is a very likeable character. Nice clean read. Mystery with the added bonuses of Navajo and Hopi culture.
A mystery with a Native American twist. This is one of a series by the same author.
Marion O. (Doglover2) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 24 more book reviews
Chee is back with Lephorn and mystery's to solve.
Sherry C. (sherryinmo) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 192 more book reviews
My husbands favorite series.
Lt. Joe Leaphorn is drawn into a plot of Navajo sorcery and white man's greed.
Jim Chee is one of the great American literary characters ever created. The story was taut, suspensful and satisfying to the end.
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VERY INTRIGUING JIM CHEE STORY, SEEMS TO BE TUNNELED TOWARD A COUPLE OF MURDERS, A BURGLARY OF A TRADING POST AND A AIRPLANE DRUG DROP THET WINDS UP WITH THREE MEN DEAD AT THE SCENE. HOW ARE THEY ALL CONNECTED? I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
A corpse whose plams and soles have been "scalped" is only the first in a series of disturbing clues: an airplane's mysterious crash in the nightime desert, a bizarre attack on a windmill, avanishing shipment of cocaine. sgt. Jiom Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is trapped in the deadly web of a cunningly spun plot driven by Navajo sorcery and white man;s greed.
Melvin S. (Chrome) reviewed The Dark Wind (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 5) on + 70 more book reviews
A corpse whose palms and soles have been "scalped" is only the first in a series of disturbing clues: an airplane's mysterious crash in the nighttime desert, a bizarre attack on a windmill, a vanishing shipment of cocaine. Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navaho Tribal Police is trapped in the deadly web of a cunningly spun plot driven by Navajo sorcery and white man's greed.