Hunting Badger CD : CD

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Summary: 'Talking God' is no 'mumbo-jumbo'!
Review: In this, the ninth Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery, Tony Hillerman moves outside
his favored Navajo nation to the streets and museums of Washington DC. In
"Talking God," Hillerman's police duo combine their skills once more for a riveting
Hillerman police procedural. Both men are pursuing different crimes, and both end
up in the nation's capital in an exciting run. Chee is in Washington to arrest Henry
Highhawk, a Smithsonian curator and native American, for plundering the bones
of their ancestors; Leaphorn is looking for the identity of a murder victim. As
always, Hillerman provides much local color, culture, and socio/economic dynamics
of the Navajos, many of whom are grasping quite desperately at maintaining a
balance between their history and the present day sets of values. At the same
time,"Talking God" is a compelling, gripping read in true Hillerman fashion. ([e-mail])