- Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: HarperTorch (1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061097853
- ISBN-13: 978-0061097850
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #832,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Read the early ones!,
This review is from: The First Eagle (Mass Market Paperback)
Read the early ones -- "Blessing Way" and so forth. They are wonderful -- funny, suspenseful, warm, and very visual -- with interesting depictions of Navajo life. The later ones attempt to deal with Big Issues and have somehow lost most of the warmth, humor, team interaction amongst the police -- and the local and cultural color. ...and this is definitely not one to read when eating!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Tail feathers and a snowman,
By hrladyship (Las Cruces, NM United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: First Eagle, The Ua (Audio Cassette)
By the time of "The First Eagle," Lt. Joe Leaphorn has become Mr. Leaphorn and Jim Chee is acting lieutenant of the Navajo police. But some things have not changed. Murder is still a problem on the reservation as is bubonic plague, carried by fleas from rodents, especially prairie dogs. The plague has brought investigators from different labs hoping to gain knoweldge of how the new, resistant strain can be combated.The police investigation begins when one of their own, Officer Kinsman, is killed by a Hopi poaching eagles on the reservation. Chee catches the man red-handed (with blood) and arrests him. Meanwhile, Leaphorn has been asked to try and find Catherine Pollard, a young biologist who has been working for the health service on the plague problem. As the separate investigations progress, their paths begin to converge. To complicate matters, Chee is surprised and guardedly optimistic to find his one-time fiance has returned from Washington, and she is working with the public defenders office and will be defending the Hopi. He agonizes over whether her feelings have changed and is noncomittal when the prosecutor and FBI agents ask about his relationship with her. Much hinges on whether there were one or two eagles captured by the Hopi, and what has happened to the missing health services investigator. Is she alive? Did she kill Kinsman? Or is the Hopi guilty after all? This is another of Hillerman's good, simple mysteries involving two of the favorite policemen in the southwest. Readers of Hillerman's mysteries might also enjoy those written by Dick Francis. Although taking place in England, for the most part, they are as clearly written and have heroes of the same caliber.
4.0 out of 5 stars
You can see the Hillerman pattern,
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This review is from: The First Eagle (Hardcover)
Because this is my first access to Tony Hillerman I can tell you of the worth of this story without having to compare to earlier works. This was a recording Preformed by George Guidall.
I was going for the story. That is why I buy book. However I understand that many people buy Hillerman for the ambiance. I found enough supporting information to make this story stand alone with out having to have a broad background from earlier books. I found the mystery well designed and the characters well rounded. I have traveled in the locations mentioned in the book. However I only recognize a few of the place names. Probably if I was more familiar with the people of that regain I would have picked up on other things implied and described. I did however recognize the San Francisco Mountains and Shiprock. The big recognition shocker was the reference to the Navaho Taco. Last time I was at Mesa Verde they were five dollars. In the audio edition the story is narrated by George Guidall. George almost sounds like Tony himself and adds a hand-me down story telling dimension to the novel. This book stands alone and if you have not already makes you want to start the series.
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