The Blessing Way

Name: The Blessing Way
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Author: Tony Hillerman
ISBN: 9781490694597

Author: Tony Hillerman

Series: Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries #1

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/12/2015

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim discovered in a high lonely place, a corpse with a mouth full of sand, abandoned at a crime scene seemingly devoid of tracks or useful clues. Though it goes against his better judgment, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn cannot help but suspect the hand of a supernatural killer. There is palpable evil in the air, and Leaphorn's pursuit of a Wolf-Witch is leading him where even the bravest men fear, on a chilling trail that winds perilously between mysticism and murder.

About Tony Hillerman

TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on October 06, 2013

Hillerman is chocolate. Read him at the beach, read him before bed, but read him. Then you too will belong to the high plains, the canyons and mesas of the desert Southwest. You will think and speak differently, quietly, thoughtfully. You will find the wound in the floor of the kiva, a melody which......more

Goodreads review by Bill on March 27, 2019

This first book in the Joe Leaphorn series features an exciting conclusion, but it also features two heroes instead of one (Ethnologist Bergen McKee gets more pages than Leaphorn), and I don't think it is always clear where the focus of the novel is supposed to be. The ethnic information about witch......more

Goodreads review by Tim on April 30, 2025

Gave this a try years ago, but never got beyond the intro. Gave it another go because I was inspired by the Dark Winds TV show, which I love. I now plan to continue on with the book series.......more

Goodreads review by Dirk on July 04, 2015

It's been mentioned in other reviews, but this particular book does seem to suffer from a bit of an identity crisis: it doesn't quite seem sure of its main protagonist. You'd think it would be Joe Leaphorn, but it just may not be after all. That said, it's certainly a rather interesting book. Navajo......more

Goodreads review by John (I want my notifications back) on March 25, 2024

This was my first Hillerman book, it will not be my last. I have to admit, I was at a total loss during the first third of the book. So many names, different geographical sites, Ghost chasing, murder and people disappearing. I was so confused I almost put the book on the DNF list. It was the reviews......more