Reviews
Monday, February 9 2004
Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman
While the solution to the mystery lies within Navajo culture and several of the main characters are Native Americans, one finishes the book feeling as though the culture has been more alluded to than explored.
Tuesday, June 10 2003
The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman
If the way things work in Washington are truly as Mr. Hillerman describes them, the book, although fiction, will surely make many readers want to just vote out the whole group of politicians and bureaucrats and start over.
Blogs
Friday, August 7 2009
Tony Hillerman: People of Darkness
Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police, introduced in Tony Hillerman’s 1980 novel, People of Darkness, is one of the enduring characters of mystery…
Monday, July 27 2009
Tony Hillerman: Dance Hall of the Dead
I don’t know if we’ll ever see the likes of Tony Hillerman again. His gift of imagining life through the eyes of a culture not…
Thursday, July 16 2009
Tony Hillerman: A Thief of Time
If the economy has put the kibosh on your travel plans this summer, you can still take a virtual journey to Navajo country in the…
News
Wednesday, November 5 2008
Tony Hillerman revealed the riches of Navajo life to outsiders
I traveled the Southwest before I ever read one of Tony Hillerman's mystery novels. But when I caught up to his savvy thrillers in the…
