The Wailing Wind, Tony Hillerman
The Wailing Wind, Tony Hillerman
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The Wailing Wind

Author: Tony Hillerman

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/31/2023


Synopsis

A lost gold mine, a corpse in an abandoned pickup truck, and an eerie wailing heard on Halloween are among the delicious plot elements Tony Hillerman cooks up in his 15th novel featuring Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. The two Navajo cops, one old and one young-who originally debuted in separate series but have been collaborating for many books now-are among the most engaging, fully human characters in crime fiction. As The Wailing Wind beautifully demonstrates, there's only one Tony Hillerman ... and he's at the top of his game.

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 Carmen on March 28, 2016

Anyway, who wants to live forever. This was a really good book. Bernie finds a dead body in a truck. Due to her Navajo upbringing teaching her corpse aversion, she doesn't move the body and discover it's been shot in the back. She's in a lot of trouble with the FBI for fucking up, but her boss whom sh......more

Goodreads review by Frank on February 10, 2024

Another very good entry in the Leaphorn and Chee series by Hillerman. I have only read a few of these but I really enjoy the series and started reading them after watching and enjoying the TV series Dark Winds on AMC. This is the fifteenth book in the series and unfortunately I have been reading the......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on October 12, 2015

Deputy Bernadette Manuelito of the Navajo Tribal Police gets called out on a last-minute call to check out an abandoned car. She arrives at the scene to find what looks like a man sleeping off a night of drinking. The dead man, however, doesn’t rouse. Everything points to natural causes, there is no......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on August 24, 2013

Another good story with a nice twist at the end. Well, nice for the reader, not the characters. Janet Pete is finally gone (or at least she's down to a mention or two...thank you) and the introduction of Bernadette is interesting. I hate that Chee is such a goober about women sometimes. I also find......more

Goodreads review by Julie on June 20, 2019

For awhile reading this book I did get tired of the pre-history of relationships and stories and cases past. But I guess when you are crunch reading a series that happens. I just get tired of the rehash. As I was getting closer to the end of the story the light bulb came ON and I know what happened!......more