The Fallen Man

They sat a while, engulfed by sunlight, cool air, and silence. A raven planed down from the rim, circled around a cottonwood, landed on a Russian olive across the canyon floor, and perched, waiting for them to die. Another excellent mystery novel from Hillerman. I have been really enjoying these entr......more

When a skeleton is discovered in a niche in a dangerous climbing mountain, the local police and the newly retired Joe Leaphorn, now a PI get on the case. Then someone shoots the only witness in the case. A lot driving around and investigating eventually crack the case. Not bad, but felt like the book......more

Bought this from the local library a few days ago. I like Tony Hillerman because he's a decent mystery writer and because his stories are set in the Southwest/Four Corners region of the USA. I keep my Road Atlas and both my Arizona Delorme Atlas and my New Mexico Delorme Atlas nearby for consultatio......more

This may be my favorite Tony Hillerman novel. It brings together some of his more notable characters introduced in prior books and continues to percolate their inter-personal drama plotted over multiple novels. But the characters are fuller, more mature. All this is cast against the events of skelet......more