The Blessing Way

by Tony Hillerman | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0061000019 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Tarna of Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on 5/21/2016
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Journal Entry 1 by Tarna from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Saturday, May 21, 2016
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1970 by Harper & Row. First HarperPaperbacks printing: February 1990. New York, N.Y.: HarperPaperbacks. Paperback, 284 pages.
Cover illustration by Peter Thorpe.

This copy was in the bag full of paperbacks Toss sent me. Since I've already got one copy – thanks to CandyDarling – in my TBR, this one's free to go.

The blurb:
THE BLESSING WAY

When Lt. Joe Leaphorn of The Navajo Tribal Police discovers a corpse with a mouth full of sand at a crime scene seemingly without tracks or clues, he is ready to suspect a supernatural killer. Blood on the rocks. . . . A body on the high mesa. . . . Leaphorn must stalk the Wolf·Witch along a chilling trail between mysticism and murder.
”BRILLIANT. . . . AS FASCINATING AS IT IS ORIGINAL.”. . . . . . . . .St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About the author:
TONY HILLERMAN

Tony Hillerman has received awards as diverse as the Edgar, France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, and the Navajo Tribe’s Special Friend Award. His many novels include TALKING GOD, A THIEF OF TIME, and SKINWALKERS, which have appeared on bestseller lists across the country, as well as THE DARK WIND, THE BLESSING WAY, and DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD. A past president, and Grandmaster, of the Mystery Writers of America, he lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tony Hillerman at Wikipedia
Tony Hillerman at HarperCollins
Tony Hillerman — Obituary at The Guardian Oct. 31, 2008
The Blessing Way at Wikipedia

Journal Entry 2 by Tarna at Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Thursday, June 9, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (6/9/2016 UTC) at Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland

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I'm so glad erpax has found Tony Hillerman and his Navajo stories. Happy Reading!

Journal Entry 3 by wingerpaxwing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Apua, Tarna!! Arvaa, nauranko täällä...! Ihan BC:n ansiostahan tämä Hillerman löytyi, taisipa olla vielä sinun journalisi, joka herätti mielenkiintoni. Kuten kerroinkin, kaksi Hillermania olen nyt lukenut ja lisää olen aina vaihtohyllyjen/kirjamyyntien kohdalla katsellut. Eipä taida tarvita enää katsella... Iso kiitos Ärräpaketista, joka sisältää näköjään Hillermanin tuotannon lisäksi paljon muutakin. :D

Journal Entry 4 by wingerpaxwing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, August 20, 2016
Tämä Hillermanin Navajo-sarjan ensimmäinen osa oli mukanani vaelluksella ja säästin sen viimeiseksi. Taisi olla nyt kolmas lukemani Hillermanin kirja ja mielestäni paras! Kirjassa kerrotaan paljon navajojen luomismyyteistä, seremonioista ja tavoista. Vaikka juonen osalta tapahtuu hurjia asioita, tunnelma pysyy ihmeen rauhallisena ja pohdiskelevana. Tämä oli kerrassaan mainiota luettavaa luonnon ympäröimänä.

Suosittelen lukemaan sen tuplakappaleesi, Tarna! Kiitokset vielä tästä kirjasta! Onneksi on lisää näitä vielä lukupinossa. :)

Edit: vieläkin mietin, että jos ei olisi kuvan muovikuksaa, pannua ja muita vesiastioita ollut mukana, olisiko pitänyt toimia kuten kirjassa. Ja muistan vielä sen iltayön, kun yksin teltassa otsalampun valossa luin jännittävää kohtaa ja kuuntelin ulkoa kuuluvaa kahinaa... :D

Journal Entry 5 by wingerpaxwing at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, August 27, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (8/28/2016 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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Kirja lähtee Piikun ja He_Ri:n järjestelemän kurirointiketjun välityksellä eteenpäin. Isot kiitokset kuriireille!

Kuten kuvasta näet, pippis, näitä riittää, jos edelleen viihdyt navajo-mysteerien parissa! :D

Edit: tämä saattaisi käydä Chanian haasteen elokuun yliluonnollisena vapautuksena (kannessa jonkinlainen ihmissusi tai susinoita, nimessä riittejä ja rukouksia sisältävän lauluseremonian osa).

Journal Entry 6 by wingpippiswing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, September 24, 2016
erpax ❤ Tarna ❤ Thank you! I should have known where this little gem originated! I have to start keeping score on read Hillerman's, so I'll know which ones to look for...

Journal Entry 7 by wingpippiswing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, December 31, 2016
The amount of knowledge on rituals, beliefs and cultures! Oh what I would give for having dinner with Mr Hillerman..by a campfire, of course! It's as if the book required to be read with a Native American thesaurus and handbooks on Native Americans - you know you're getting only morsels of information on the pages of a thriller.
The plot wasn't too hard to guess, but the tranquility of it all made a huge difference in the reading experience. Perhaps a few too many characters at one point, so the story got a little muddled (what's this character's connection again, how's this relevant..), but the last 50 pages just rushed by!

Journal Entry 8 by wingpippiswing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, January 14, 2017

Released 7 yrs ago (1/14/2017 UTC) at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland

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Annelis has the book on her wishlist, so off with a courier it goes! Happy reading!

Journal Entry 9 by wingAnneliswing at Kerava, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Thank you for the Wishlist book, Pippis and the courier!

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