Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1990 v05 (1989)

by Tony Hillerman

Other authors: Gregory S. Dinallo (Author), Tony Hillerman (Author), Victoria Holt (Author), Belva Plain (Author)

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Series: Leaphorn/Chee (9)

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML: Reunited by a grave robber and a corpse, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is trying to determine the identity of a murder victim, while Officer Jim Chee is arresting Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the sacred bones of his ancestors. But with each peeled-back layer, it becomes shockingly clear that these two cases are mysteriously connected � and that others are pusuing Highhawk, with lethal intentions. And the search for answers to a deadly puzzle is pulling Leaphorn and Chee into the perilous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods. .… (more)

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Leaphorn and Chee are “fish out of water” in Washington, DC with an intriguing mystery that each gets involved in by different paths. Excellent, fast read. (

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katmarhan | Nov 6, 2024 |

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

My second Hillerman and it lived up to expectations after my first.

Leaphorn and Chee unite in a high-stakes game when they discover Chilean anarchists plan to carry out a spectacular assassination within Washington itself. Hillerman's narrative and prose is on the mark and they unite to present a gut-wrenching conclusion.

A highly memorable novel. (

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Amarj33t_5ingh | Jul 8, 2022 |

Talking God is an excellent story. This Leaphorn and Chee novel does not take place on the reservation. So there are no descriptions of the beautiful southwest. This particular book takes place in Washington D.C. It is an interesting location for a story that shows one the wrong ways of the "privileged class." The book received five stars in this review because it was a good suspenseful, well written story. (

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lbswiener | Jul 7, 2021 |

This was my first Hillerman novel and I thoroughly enjoyed it. An activist Navajo wannabe gets arrested for graveyard robbery while an older man is found dead by the railroad tracks, without identifying information including teeth. The story had Native American aspects that I found interesting, the characters were believable, and the mystery plausible. I gave it an extra 1/2 star for keeping me up past my bedtime to finish the last 30 or so pages. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Tony Hillerman	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Dinallo, Gregory S.	Author	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hillerman, Tony	Author	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Holt, Victoria	Author	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Plain, Belva	Author	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baskous, Christian	Reader	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Leaphorn/Chee (9)

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Talking God | Killer's Wake | Streets of Fire by Detective Book Club

Leaphorn and Chee: Skinwalkers / A Thief of Time / Talking God by Tony Hillerman

Pick 6 Tony Hillerman Paperbacks (A Thief of Time, Talking God, Dance Hall of the Dead, The Fallen Man, Sacred Clowns & Finding Moon) by Tony Hillerman

THE SINISTER PIG, THE FALLENMAN, TALKING ( ALL 1ST. by Tony Hillerman

Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mystery Series Complete Set by Tony Hillerman, Volumes 1-18. Also known as the Navajo Tribal Police Mystery Novels. (Titles include: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman / People of Darkness / The Darkwind / The Ghostway / Skinwalkers / A Theif of Time / Talking God / Coyote Waits, / Sacred Clowns / The Fallen Man / The First Eagle / Hunting Badger / The Walking Wind / The Sinister Pig / Skeleton Man / Shape Shifter) by Tony Hillerman

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Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman

Snare of Serpents by Victoria Holt

Harvest by Belva Plain

Purpose of Evasion by Gregory S. Dinallo

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The Tony Hillerman Audio Collection: Skinwalkers [and] Talking God [Abridged Audiobook] by Tony Hillerman

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Washington, D.C., USA (Smithsonian Institute)

Navajo Reservation, Arizona, USA

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This book is dedicated to Delbert Kedelty, Terry Teller, David Charley, Donald Tsosie, and the other kids at Tsaile School who drew the Tei-bichae pictures that started me thinking about Talking God.
And to Will Tsosie, Tsosie Tsinjinnie, Tribal Councilman Melvin Bigthumb, and the others who fight to preserve Hajiinie-Dine'tah and its ruins and pictographs for future generations.

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Through the doorway which led from her receptionist-secretary's office into her own, Catherine Morris Perry instantly noticed the box on her desk.

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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:

Reunited by a grave robber and a corpse, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is trying to determine the identity of a murder victim, while Officer Jim Chee is arresting Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the sacred bones of his ancestors.

But with each peeled-back layer, it becomes shockingly clear that these two cases are mysteriously connected � and that others are pusuing Highhawk, with lethal intentions. And the search for answers to a deadly puzzle is pulling Leaphorn and Chee into the perilous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods.

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