Skeleton Man
| Title: | Skeleton Man |
| Author: | Tony Hillerman
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| Year First Published: | 2010 |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Synopsis: |
Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is coming out of retirement to help exonerate a slow, simple kid accused of robbing a trading post. Billy Tuve claims he received the diamond he tried to pawn from a mysterious old man in the canyon, and his story has attracted the dangerous attention of strangers to the Navajo lands—one more interested in a severed limb than in the fortune it was handcuffed to; another willing to murder to keep lost secrets hidden. But nature herself may prove the deadliest adversary, as Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee follow a puzzle—and a killer—down into the dark realm of Skeleton Man. |
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| There is a reason Tony Hillerman is widely considered to be the best mystery writer of all time. His characters are easy to relate to in spite of being police. The plot is a little more straightforward and geared more toward suspense. I defy you to put it down. Skeleton Man is on par with--if not better than--early Hillerman works such as A Thief of Time and Dance Hall of the Dead. I've already read it twice and plan to do so again. |
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| Focus | Legal/Crime | Setting | North America |
| Main Character | Male | Setting | Small Town |
| Main Character | Police | Time Period | Contemporary |
| Main Character | Adult | Time Period | Past |
| Number of pages | 200-300 | Type | Suspense |
| Readability | Moderate |
Series (that include this book):
- This is #17 in the Navajo Mysteries (Chee & Leaphorn)
series.
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