Talking God Summary
Tony Hillerman

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Talking God Summary

Talking God is a gripping mystery by Tony Hillerman, set in the American Southwest and Washington, DC, and involving two of Hillerman's famous detectives, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Office Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. Leaphorn and Chee each investigate a mystery that leads them to the nation's capitol, where they join forces to uncover a terrorist plot involving Indian artifacts and a priceless golden jewel-encrusted Inca mask. Together, the...

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Tony Hillerman Biographies (3)

Tony Hillerman

3,206 words, approx. 11 pages

Tony Hillerman "created the American Indian policier," according to critic Herbert Mitgang in the New York Times. Hillerman also "breaks out of the detective genre," as Daniel K. Muhlestein noted in t... Read more

Tony Hillerman

6,252 words, approx. 21 pages

“I tend to have two sorts of fans,” Tony Hillerman observed in a 1986 interview with Sue Bernell and Michaela Karni: “One kind are the mystery readers, who care more about plot. The oth... Read more

Tony Hillerman

4,464 words, approx. 15 pages

Tony Hillerman grew up during the Depression in the small, farming community of Sacred Heart, in Potawatomie, Oklahoma. His father's farm came without indoor plumbing, tractor, or electricity. The nea... Read more