Sacred Clowns

Name: Sacred Clowns
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Author: Tony Hillerman
ISBN: 9780062284822

Author: Tony Hillerman

Series: Leaphorn and Chee Novel #11

Narrator: Christian Baskous

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/04/2013

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Indigenous, Cultural Fiction

Synopsis

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+! First there was the trouble at Saint Boneventure boarding school. A teacher is dead, a boy is missing, and a council woman has put a lot of pressure on Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee to find her grandson. Sitting on a rooftop watching sacred clowns perform their antics in a Pueblo ceremony, Chee spots the boy. Then, suddenly, the crowd is in commotion. One of the clowns has been savagely murdered. Without a single clue, Chee and Leaphorn must follow a serpentine trail through the Indian clans and nations, seeking the thread that links two brutal murders, a missing teenager, a band of lobbyists trying to put a toxic dump site on Pueblo land, and an invaluable memento given to the tribes by Abraham Lincoln in a fast-paced, flawless mystery that is Hillerman at his lyrical, evocative, spellbinding best.

About Tony Hillerman

TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bobby on August 17, 2017

Sacred Clowns is Tony Hillerman at his very best. Both Leaphorn and Chee are at a personal crossroad in their lives while attempting to solve two crimes which may or may not be related. A complex mystery is interwoven with the care befitting a sacred blanket as we learn about the Navajo and their be......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on March 28, 2016

Jim Chee had been reading a book of Margaret Atwood's short stories he'd borrowed from Janet Pete, thinking it might impress her. He decided Miss Atwood would call Blizzard's expression either "bleak" or "stolid." Or maybe "wintry." Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn are once again working a series of seeming......more

Goodreads review by Lewis on May 15, 2014

Total immersion in the unique and fascinating culture of our Indian southwest. Strong but imperfect characters struggling with moral issues. The kind of romantic interactions I like to read about (and write about ... and live). And, oh yes, an excellent detective story. Why did I wait so long betwee......more

Goodreads review by Richard on July 20, 2012

The late Mr. Hillerman really knew how to tell a story. I miss his output. From his home base in Albuquerque, he takes all these disparate parts, spreads them all over the four corners area and has his characters running all over the place making unlikely links to all the crimes. Is a joy to watch the......more

Goodreads review by Glen on October 19, 2018

When Jim Chee tries to make time with his woman while on a stakeout, not only does she bring another man with her, he loses his quarry, plus a clown is murdered right under his nose. A substitute teacher is also killed. There are a lot of red herrings, but Chee and Leaphorn eventually get to the bott......more