Cave of Bones audiobook

When Anne Hillerman took over the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Cree enterprise from her father, I wasn't thrilled (same with the Stieg Larsson/David Lagercrantz Lisbeth Salander series). Were the new books in the series less well executed or was I having a hard time adjusting to change?Nonetheless, I enjoyed the fourth Anne Hillerman (22nd Hillerman), Cave of Bones, considerably. There is now a trio of detectives – Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito – intertwining their own stories and policework, as would happen in the real world. As in the real world, detectives do not know the answer from the very beginning and sometimes the "bad guy" isn't as you thought.And Bernie Manuelito is a strong addition to this series' center stage. She is thoughtful, observant, afraid of some things, asks for help and, ultimately, wise.Like Tony Hillerman's books, the Navajo lore is interesting and compelling – without being preachy: She knew that words had consequences; that was why the Holy People had taught the Navajo to use them wisely and with restraint. Talking about the negative, as she had done, brought it into the forefront, like inviting evil into the hogan, into your living room. She was only talking, not thinking. Talking too much, a little too proud, a little too full of herself. All behaviors the Holy People warned against.In high school and college, I had loved mysteries (and sci fi/fantasy) so much that I had to put myself on a reading diet, where I had to limit my reading of mysteries. I've enjoyed recent mysteries, but not as much as I had, even though they've been previously-favorite authors.It was a pleasant surprise to rediscover this series.

My thanks to the Meridian Library for my copy. This is The latest book in the long-term series of the Navajo tribe. Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives at an outpost to speak to a group of teenagers on a outbounds journey to help them find themselves. One of the girls did not return from her solo night. A consultant went after her. The girl has returned but the consultant is still missing. The girl tells Annie she stumbled into a cave containing bones and artifacts. Bernie realized it is an ancient grave's and sets the motions in play to protect it. Sergeant Jim Chee is sent to a conference on Amber Alerts and Domestic violence. Maggie's is taking a class at the Art Institute and meets up with. He is asked to locate a Navajo Indian and tell him to call his Mother. Bernie is busy looking into Indian logs appearing at the local outlet and offer on an internet site. In the middle of the investigation, Bernie is trapped by a major snowstorm. Before she is finished Bernie encounters illegal drugs, stolen grave goods, and greed. I HIGHLY this book and series.

Anne Hillerman continues to provide Bernie and Jim with opportunities to use their special gifts to solve interesting and baffling crimes. Their particular approach to these situations keeps Leaphorn’s legacy going strong.

This is the first I have read by Anne Hillerman, having enjoyed many of her father's books. I like that the focus here is on Officer Bernie Manuelito, married now to Jim Chee. Jim is off getting updated courses - and still encountering trouble - but Bernie takes the full brunt of a missing person case and the discovery of bones in an old cave in the lava flows. The Four Corners country is well described and as always, the Navaho cops have to spend a lot of time driving alone. They seem to make good use of cellphones these days. Various other characters include a brief visit to senior Joe Leaphorn, getting a bit frail now, a troubled young girl from a tribal rehab course, artists, and the first gay male character I've seen in the series. I did think a few too many quandaries were introduced, especially as Chee's section took the focus off the missing person Bernie was investigating. Overall it's a good effort, suitable for anyone from teens to adults.I downloaded an e-ARC from Edelweiss and Fresh Fiction. This is an unbiased review.

A young participant in a wilderness programs stumbles into camp, but the counselor sent to find her is missing. Bernadette Manuelito is dispatched to the campsite to assess the situation, and calls for search and rescue. Her initial investigations lead her deeply into a web of nefarious going-ons, beginning with her horrified discovery of a looted grave. While the searchers do what they do best, Bernie tries to untangle the web of lies and deceit that surround both the disappearance and the looted grave. But doing so will place her own life in mortal peril!

This is probably the best of all the series I’ve read continued after the death of their original author. Anne Hillerman has a deep understanding and appreciation of the landscape and settings that made her father’s Books unforgettable, and she brings the characters to life with skill and grace. This is an enjoyable mystery, with a fascinating setting, not easily predictable. I think I will be up for as many more of these as she is willing to write for us!

Anne Hillerman does a great job in her 4th novel following in her father's footsteps. Another Great Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito adventure. Though not as much Leaphorn in this one. A very good read.

A quick and fun read. Anne is every bit as talented as her father and I love the settings for Hillerman novels. Northwest New Mexico is super special.

When Officer Bernie Manuelito is helping search for a missing Navaho guide in the lava badlands of El Malpais in North Western New Mexico, she overcomes her discomfort about the presence of the dead to investigate a shallow cave containing a burial. It's been opened and looted, and isn't the only one discovered in this remote and difficult landscape. At the same time, her husband, Jim Chee, is stuck in Santa Fe where a simple request to look in on Bernie's sister becomes very complicated. Hillerman skillfully weaves these two stories into a unified whole. She continues to develop as a writer, and this novel is as good as any of the Leaphorn/Chee books written by her father. She explores fresh landscapes of Navaho country and the realities of folks dealing with their cultural past and new challenges in believable and compelling ways. Hillerman's books are getting better with each episode.

I really like her books but she seems to focus more on Bernie than Jim Chee. I would like to see a better mixture of the two. With that said, I received this as a give-away and am grateful to the publisher for this advance copy. This takes place mostly in the rugged lava wilderness where an experienced instructor disappears from an outdoor character building for at-risk teens where Bernie had been sent to speak. Upon arrival, she finds a traumatized girl who tells her she spent the night in a cave where their were skeletal remains. Bernie becomes involved in solving the mystery of the bones and the missing man. In the meantime Sergeant Joe Chee is attending a conference near where Bernadette's sister is taking an art class. He becomes involved in his own dilemma.Things get tied up nicely in the end.

While Jim Chee is at a training session in Sante Fe (and checking on his difficult sister-in-law Darlene), his wife Bernie is trying to find a missing man in a deserted part of their territory. Not only is the man, who knows the territory well, missing, but a girl in the group he was leading is hospitalized, and her mother, politically connected, suspects that the wilderness experience group is misusing tribal funds. Then Jim is asked to check on another missing person, Bernie is trying to find a mourning man in a raging blizzard, and apparently valuable artifacts are being stolen. Fortunately, retired detective Joe Leaphorn is on hand to back up the young couple,.

I enjoyed this latest tale in the Leaphorn and Chee series. Ms. Hillerman does a wonderful and authentic telling of the Navajo nation via this series. The mystery unfolds in much the same way as though being told by Navajo... slowly, with deliberation and not with the hurried, often abrupt way of white america. I continue to love the way the author educates her reader to the customs and mores of the people during the unfolding of the mystery.

The best Anne Hillerman book yet. Bernadette must solve or help solve several mysteries, beginning by finding out what happened to a man who failed to return to base camp in the Malpais region. Anne has, unfortunately turned the series into a Bernadette Manueltio series, seemingly almost forgetting Leaphorn and Chee. Recommended to old fans of the series, but new fans should go back and read the original series by Tony Hillerman.