Navajo crimebusters Leaphom and Chee are back together on a case, and at odds with the FBI over a backcountry manhunt in this latest thrilling addition to Tony Hillerman's best-selling series. In 1998 three heavily armed "survivalists" came out of the Four Corners canyons in a stolen truck. They murdered a policeman, had a shootout with pursuers, and then vanished -- eluding a manhunt that eventually involved hundreds of officers from more than twenty federal and state agencies. The crime and the bungled FBI investigation left behind a web of mysteries: Why did one of the bandits kill himself? How did the others escape? Why has no one in this impoverished area claimed the huge reward the government still offers? Most puzzling of all, what crime were they en route to commit when Officer Dale Claxton stopped them -- and paid for his bravery with his life? Tony Hillerman assigns these real puzzles to his fictional Navajo Tribal Police officers -- Sergeant Jim Chee and retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. The time is now, and the memory of the mishandled manhunt of 1998 is still painfully fresh. Three men stage a predawn raid on the Ute tribe's gambling casino. They kill one policeman, wound another, and disappear in the maze of canyons on the Utah-Arizona border. The FBI takes over the investigation, and agents swarm in with their helicopters, their high-tech equipment, and a theory of the crime that makes a wounded deputy sheriff a suspect. This development calls Chee in from his vacation, and a request for a favor draws in Leaphorn. Chee finds a fatal flaw in the federal theory, and Leaphorn sees an intriguing pattern connecting this crime with the exploits of a legendary Ute hero-bandit. Tightly plotted and beautifully written, Hunting Badger proves once again that Tony Hillerman is a master storyteller.
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Anthony Grove Hillerman
Tony Hillerman foi um escritor norte-americano de romances policiais e não-ficção. Várias de suas obras foram adaptadas, como peças de teatro e filmes de televisão. A crítica qualificou seus livros como "etnológicos", pelo fato de a maioria das suas histórias se passarem nas reservas dos índios Navajo. Muitos dos seus livros eram marcados por um ambiente de conflito, com personagens em luta para que fossem mantidas tradições ancestrais. O herói de muitos desses livros era o personagem Joe Leaphorn, tenente da polícia tribal. O contexto Navajo é consequência de um encontro revelador que o escritor tivera com os índios. Tony Hillerman morreu em 2008, de insuficiência pulmonar em Albuquerque com a idade de 83. Ele viveu em Albuquerque com sua esposa Marie, até sua morte. No momento de sua morte, eles tinham 60 anos de casados e dez netos.
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Oklahoma, EUA