Saturday, July 20, 2024

The Wailing Wind (Hillerman, 2002)


Tony Hillerman. The Wailing Wind (2002) A homicide stirs up memories of a cold case. Chee and Leaphorn both believe the two are linked, but it’s a long and winding road to the proof, through fading memories, lies, incomplete testimony, and the usual mix of greed, passion, and fecklessness. Hillerman’s novels are as much about the characters’ responses to the evil they encounter as about the puzzles that must be solved to reach some sort of just resolution. The title refers to an appalling mistake that cost an innocent woman her life. But the chain of decisions that lead to that death began with her husband’s obsession with gold.
Recommended. ****

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