A new find...

[alexpgp]

"New," as in "new to me."

I speak of the novels of Tony Hillerman, one of which (The Wailing Wind) I picked up for a song over the weekend, along with a beat-up copy of Raymond Chandler (that I can now beat up even further!).

I picked up the Hillerman book as a direct result of having caught something that looked like it was a series on Netflix, titled Skinwalkers, the thumbnail graphic for which—if memory serves—featured Adam Beach, whose performance I recalled from Windtalkers and Flags of Our Fathers. (This, despite the fact that Beach's work on Skinwalkers greatly predates the other performances.)

Regrettably, the "series" turned out to be only three episodes long.

That said, I now have quite a few books by Hillerman to read, assuming I can find the books (not really a challenge) and the time to read them (which will be a challenge).

Cheers...

Comments

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really recommend Hillerman's mystery novels involving his Navajo characters. They tend to be either from the POV of Jim Chee, or from the older Joe Leaphorn. Very different men, which is part of what makes the series and narrative interesting.

I bought some of these novels for my Dad as a Christmas present years ago. He wound up getting all of them, and then traveling to the Four Corners area (he grew up near Salt Lake City, himself) to see the areas where those novels were set. Best present I ever gave him, as it turned out-- I had no idea how far he would take it.

I'm glad you stumbled onto those, and I hope you enjoy them. :)