Dance Hall of the Dead
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Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police has no choice but to suspect the very worst, since the blood that stains the parched New Mexican ground once flowed through the veins of one of the missing, a young Zuñi. But his investigation into a terrible crime is being complicated by an important archaeological dig . . . and a steel hypodermic needle. And the unique laws and sacred religious rites of the Zuñi people are throwing impassable roadblocks in Leaphorn's already twisted path, enabling a craven murderer to elude justice or, worse still, to kill again.
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25 primary books#2 in Leaphorn & Chee
Leaphorn & Chee is a 25-book series with 25 released primary works first released in 1870 with contributions by Tony Hillerman, Steve Levine, and Anne Hillerman.
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When two high school boys disappear, Navajo tribal police officer Joe Leaphorn is faced with a difficult sleuthing job. As he starts his investigation, it soon becomes apparent that things are getting deadly. And he also finds that nothing is straight forward -- there seem to be multiple mysteries. Why are the FBI and DEA on the scene? Are the disappearances related to upcoming native religious ceremonies? And, what is going on at a nearby archeological dig and in an odd-ball hippy commune?
Pretty good neo-western crime fiction from back in the 1970's. I'll check out more Joe Leaphorn stories.
Another good plot I didn't catch on to, and thanks for the timeline at the end to answer all questions. Interesting that the series is called Leaphorn & Chee but Chee has yet to make an appearance. I'll continue the series.
This is the second book in Hillerman's wonderful Navajo mystery series. What I find to be generally true about this series is that the mysteries are fairly average, many times the outcome is guessable, but I just love the setting, the history, and the culture that is contained in each book.
