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A review by misterjay
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
4.0
I had read the first of the Leaphorn and Chee books years ago and had always planned to read the entire series. But this was in the days of paperbacks from the airport bookstore and finding the next one in the series was something of a pain. And I'll be damned before I read a series out of order. But then the ebook revolution came along and well, here we are. The books were worth the wait.
Dance Hall of the Dead, in particular, moves fast and with character. And I do mean character. Each new character is introduced with just a few lines and yet within those few lines are everything we need to know about where they've come from and where they are now. And it's through revelations in character that the mystery unfolds until a climax that feels inevitable concludes the story. For now.
I've already ordered the next book in the series; hopefully I'll get to it before too many more decades have elapsed.
Dance Hall of the Dead, in particular, moves fast and with character. And I do mean character. Each new character is introduced with just a few lines and yet within those few lines are everything we need to know about where they've come from and where they are now. And it's through revelations in character that the mystery unfolds until a climax that feels inevitable concludes the story. For now.
I've already ordered the next book in the series; hopefully I'll get to it before too many more decades have elapsed.