Summary:

"One of our best and most innovative modern mystery writers."- The
New York TimesThe very plague that decimated Europe in the 14th
century lurks today in the high, dry land of the Southwest. But
Navajo Tribal policeman Jim Chee and his mentor, Joe Leaphorn,
discover an even deadlier killer stalking the Reservation in this,
the most chilling and beautifully crafted story yet from the beloved
and bestselling master of Southwestern suspense.When Acting Lt. Chee
catches a Hopi eagle-poacher literally red-handed'huddled over the
bloody body of a young Navajo Tribal police officer, he has an
open-and-shut case. Even the Feds - usually at odds with Chee -
agree, and it seems the Hopi is headed for the gas chamber. Until Joe
Leaphorn shows up to blow Chee's case wide open.Leaphorn, now retired
from the Navajo Tribal Police, has been hired to find Cathy Pollard,
a hotheaded biologist who disappeared from the same remote area on
the same day the Navajo cop was murdered. Is she a suspect? A victim?
And what are Chee and Leaphorn to make of the report that a
skinwalker'a Navajo witch'was seen in the same area at the same time?
To answer these questions, Leaphorn and Chee must immerse themselves
in the enigmatic web of scientists hunting the key to the most
virulent form of bubonic plague since the Middle Ages. In addition to
its finely wrought plot, The First Eagle offers a wealth of Tony
Hillerman's signature gifts - glorious evocations of the high desert,
delicately drawn characters, and eloquent insights into the foibles
and wisdom of the Southwest's native peoples.“Hillerman's writing is
like the landscape he describes: unadorned yet profound, sparse yet
beautiful.” - Houston ChronicleAlso available unabridged - 0694520519
- $34.95 - six cassettes.

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Dewey Class: 813 -- Fiction

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Edition Info: Hardcover; 1998-09

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