Hunting Badger
1999 • 318 pages
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Average rating3.8
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Ratings2
Average rating3.8
Three men raid the gambling casino run by the Ute nation and then disappear into the maze of canyons on the Utah-Arizona border. When the FBI, with its helicopters and high-tech equipment, focuses on a wounded deputy sheriff as a possible suspect, Navajo Tribal Police Sergeant Jim Chee and his longtime colleague, retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, launch an investigation of their own. Chee sees a dangerous flaw in the federal theory; Leaphorn sees intriguing connections to the exploits of a legendary Ute bandit-hero. And together, they find themselves caught up in the most perplexing -- and deadly -- criminal manhunt of their lives.
Series
14 primary booksLeaphorn & Chee is a 13-book series with 13 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by Tony Hillerman and Anne Hillerman.
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I picked this up from one of the lending libraries in my neighborhood. When I lived in Albuquerque, my internship training director had recommended Hillerman's work as an interesting window into Southwestern culture. It certainly made me nostalgic for the Land of Enchantment! This is a pretty standard mystery in terms of plot and pacing, but the characters are interesting and funnily flawed, and Hillerman weaves a great deal of local tribal and political history into the finely-observed details. I'd definitely reach for another Hillerman next time I'm in the mood for a mystery.
