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The Ghostway
The Ghostway | Tony Hillerman
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Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One dies. The other drives off into the dry lands of the Big Reservation, but not before he shows the old Navajo a photo of the man he seeks. This is all Tribal Policeman Jim Chee needs to set him off on an odyssey that moves from a trapped ghost in an Indian hogan to the seedy underbelly of L.A. to an ancient healing ceremony where death is the cure, and into the dark heart of murder and revenge.
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Book Six of the Leaphorn & Chee series was a solid entry. Hillerman does a great job weaving together multiple elements to make a good story, and Chee is a very likable protagonist. The side story of Chee debating about whether his future should embrace his life as a Navajo or to leave behind much of his heritage to become an FBI agent sometimes felt like it was taking up a lot of space in the book but was also an interesting look at the ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) difficulties of balancing heritage and family traditions with pursuing one's goals, and the importance of, as an adult, coming to grips with the way you were raised and the religious mores you were given as a child and deciding whether or not those are going to be your ways or not. Even though I sometimes got a little impatient because I wanted to get back to, you know, the MURDER MYSTERY, I also found myself empathizing with Chee ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) as he made choices about what foundation he wanted to use to build the rest of his life.

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Crazeedi Great review, I read the first couple of these and never continued, now I need to figure where I left off 3y
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TheSpineView Well done! 3y
Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Crazeedi - I am really enjoying them - I'm reading book 7 right now and it's my favorite so far!! 3y
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks I'm going to have to maybe move up this series!! 3y
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Andrea4 Torey L Hayden's books were by bread and butter for a while when I was a kid; Ghost Girl was my favourite. 7y
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