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The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13)
The First Eagle - Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13
Author: Tony Hillerman
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 i...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780061097850
ISBN-10: 0061097853
Publication Date: 7/1/1999
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 159 ratings
Publisher: HarperTorch
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13) on + 66 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
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.
reviewed The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13) on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
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.
reviewed The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13) on + 192 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
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.
reviewed The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13) on + 131 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
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.
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Complex, engrossing...Leaphorn and Chee are at it again.
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Readnmachine avatar reviewed The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13) on + 1474 more book reviews
This one seemed to take forever to get off the ground. Leaphorn is retired and bored and agrees to take a private eye type search for a missing wildlife biologist while Jim Chee has second thoughts about the man he arrested for murdering a Navajo Tribal Police Officer.
reviewed The First Eagle (Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Bk 13) on + 67 more book reviews
Chee reunites with Leaphorn, always a great combination and as always a great read.
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Great thriller set in the southwest with Indian characters and murder galore. Great book.


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