Spider Woman's Daughter (Leaphorn & Chee #19) [L0127]

2013 HCDJ in nice clean condition. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. "Spider Woman's Daughter is an intricately plotted, suspenseful, colorful, and unforgettable journey. Readers will fall in love with Bernie Manuelito and look forward to Anne Hillerman's next effort in what should be a long, enjoyable, successful series. Her depiction of the Navajo Nation is spot on. I loved this book." - Jo-Ann Mapson, author of award-winning Solomon's Oak and Finding Casey. Anne Hillerman's novel can stand alone as an excellent mystery or be savored as the continuation of the Leaphorn and Chee series by her father Tony Hillerman. In Spider Woman's Daughter, Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito sees a sedan careen into the parking lot and hears a crack of gunfire. When the dust clears, someone very close to her is lying on the asphalt in a pool of blood. With the victim in the hospital fighting for his life, every person in the squad and the local FBI office are hell-bent on catching the gunman. Bernie, too, wants in on the investigation, especially when her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee, is put in charge of finding the shooter. Bernie and Chee discover that a cold case involving Chee's former boss and partner, retired lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, may hold the key to the shooting. Digging into the old investigation with fresh eyes and new urgency, husband and wife find themselves inching closer to the truth with every clue . . . and closer to a killer who will do anything to prevent justice from taking its course.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "I was a bit skeptical about Hillerman's daughter's ability to pick up her father's storyline by continuing the popular Navajo mystery series, but she succeeds in bringing the same combination of landscape, astute personal observation and Navajo sensibility to a well plotted story. And she has created a new focal point, Officer Bernie Manuelito, who is married to Chee and whose family and career now offer new insights and plot points. Also very interestingly she weaves in connections to some of Chee' s and Leaphorn's previous cases. I think Hillerman would be pleased and I think most Chee and Leaphorn fans will be too."; "It was very enjoyable for me to read Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman. I was a big fan of the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee books written by Tony Hillerman (her late father). Since his death I have missed those two Navajo Nation police officers and the unique Navajo/Hopi culture in the Arizona/New Mexico area. Ms. Hillerman adroitly resurrected the characters and the culture that her father created. She also demonstrated the ability to produce an engrossing story with suspenseful action sequences and a satisfying conclusion. A remarkable first novel. I recommend this book to anyone who appreciates mysteries/detective novels, and especially to those who enjoyed Tony Hillerman's novels."; "I loved this book! When I finished reading it, it took me hours to gradually leave the world of her novel and return to the here and now. Any novel that draws you into the author's world that deeply has got to be really good. It's why we read. Spider Woman's Daughter both extends the legacy of Hillerman's father and adds the author's own stamp to the series. That's not an easy to pull off, but Anne Hillerman did it. And did it well."