People of Darkness

by Tony Hillerman | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0061099155 Global Overview for this book
Registered by mammajamma of Las Cruces, New Mexico USA on 4/19/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by mammajamma from Las Cruces, New Mexico USA on Saturday, April 19, 2008
"A dying man is murdered. A rich man's wife agrees to pay three thousand dollars for the return of a stolen box of rocks. A series of odd, inexplicable events is haunting Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police and drawing him alone into the Bad Country of the merciless (American) Southwest..."

This sounds melodramatic but it really isn't. It's a well-written novel with an interesting mystery. As usual with Hillerman, we learn about the Southwest, about the Navajo culture, and about humans in general.

This is one of the many books I read in September 2007 when recovering from major surgery. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Journal Entry 2 by mammajamma at Bank of the West Plaza in Las Cruces, New Mexico USA on Thursday, May 8, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (5/8/2008 UTC) at Bank of the West Plaza in Las Cruces, New Mexico USA

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Plaza is on Roadrunner Parkway, almost at the corner of Roadrunner and Lohman.

Left the book on the newspaper box in front of the Hand Therapy business.

Journal Entry 3 by Libre-Muncher from Las Cruces, New Mexico USA on Thursday, May 8, 2008

Finally, I have “found” a book in the wild. It has been some time since I have found one and I am thrilled.

It is a Tony Hillerman, and I believe that I have not read this one before. Of course, one of the benefits of a failing memory is that you can read a book which you have previously read and enjoy it as if it were the first time. I had thought that I had read all of Tony’s books, but this one is not familiar (don’t tell me if I am wrong, it would ruin the whole experience).

I did not think that this one would still be lurking on top of the newspaper vending machine since I did not get a chance to go on the hunt until many hours after it had been staked out, but there it was, precisely where MAMMAJAMMA said that it would be.

I think that this must have been one of the earliest of the Jim Chee books in Mr. Hillerman’s series, but that does not make it bad, it only makes it somewhat different in some ways. It seems to me that this book may have been very closely tied to actual history of mining on Navajo-land. There are some very unscrupulous people involved in this tale and it seems to me that the Navajos may have actually run across some very similar characters in their dealings with mining and drilling on their lands. Even if there is no historical accuracy with the events of this story, the attitude of those who attempted to cheat the tribe is probably pretty close to actual. That attitude would explain some of the current concerns of the government of the Navajo nation toward those who wish to reopen the mineral extraction projects on the reservation.

I guess that I am getting a little too serious in my comments about this book. It is as good as all of the other Tony Hillerman books and I hope that Mr. Hillerman might have another one in production for me to enjoy soon.


Journal Entry 4 by Libre-Muncher at State Capital Bldg in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA on Monday, August 4, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (8/4/2008 UTC) at State Capital Bldg in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA

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If you do not know where the State Capitol building is, it is that large round building at the corner of Paseo del Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail. It is the building right next to the Guadalupe Cafe. Be careful around that building, it is full of sociopaths and many others who are dangerously unstable.

On the eastern approach sidewalk to the entry, there is a large bronze work of art out near the street (Old Santa Fe Trail) entitled "Passage". The sculpture has a lot of geometric designs which are similar to the symbols that you would find on Navajo weavings or pottery. I put the book at the base of the sculpture, on top of the "adobe" plinth.

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