FIRST EAGLE, THE by Tony Hillerman - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
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"One of our best and most innovative modern mystery writers." - The New York Times
The
very plague that decimated Europe in the 14th century lurks today in
the high, dry land of the Southwest. But Navajo Tribal policeman Jim
Chee and his mentor, Joe Leaphorn, discover an even deadlier killer
stalking the Reservation in this, the most chilling and beautifully
crafted story yet from the beloved and bestselling master of
Southwestern suspense.
When Acting Lt. Chee catches a Hopi
eagle-poacher literally red-handed'huddled over the bloody body of a
young Navajo Tribal police officer, he has an open-and-shut case. Even
the Feds - usually at odds with Chee - agree, and it seems the Hopi is
headed for the gas chamber. Until Joe Leaphorn shows up to blow Chee's
case wide open.
Leaphorn, now retired from the Navajo Tribal
Police, has been hired to find Cathy Pollard, a hotheaded biologist who
disappeared from the same remote area on the same day the Navajo cop
was murdered. Is she a suspect? A victim? And what are Chee and
Leaphorn to make of the report that a skinwalker'a Navajo witch'was
seen in the same area at the same time?
To answer these
questions, Leaphorn and Chee must immerse themselves in the enigmatic
web of scientists hunting the key to the most virulent form of bubonic
plague since the Middle Ages.
In addition to its finely wrought
plot, The First Eagle offers a wealth of Tony Hillerman's signature
gifts - glorious evocations of the high desert, delicately drawn
characters, and eloquent insights into the foibles and wisdom of the
Southwest's native peoples.
“Hillerman's writing is like the landscape he describes: unadorned yet profound, sparse yetbeautiful.” - Houston Chronicle
