Dance Hall of the Dead

from MerryMary

A young Hopi boy is the first to die, and his friend is missing. Jim Chee is detailed to look for the missing Navajo boy, and uncovers a mystery that includes a hippie commune, an archeological dig, and broken Hopi taboos that exact a terrible punishment.

from Zumbanista

I found this second Tony Hillerman Navajo Mystery novel very enjoyable. It's not a cozy but has a very smooth feel about it, in large part due to the personality traits of our protagonist, Joe Leaphorn. Joe is very appealing, with his methodical, logical and philosophical approach to police work....

from AuntieClio

Dance Hall of the Dead is a much stronger book than The Blessing Way, Hillerman's first novel in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series. Dance Hall features Joe Leaphorn front and center and introduces us to the ways he gathers facts and fits them together to solve the mystery. In this story, its figur...

from laytonwoman3rd

In this second entry in the series, Leaphorn is starting to take shape as a character, and I like him. He is patient, thoughtful, doesn't resent (too much) having to work within the limited jurisdiction and authority of his position as a Navajo police officer. The puzzle this time was quite inter...

from bookswoman

This is the second book in the Joe Leaphorn series and I enjoyed it. It was a little confusing in places, mostly because I know absolutely nothing about the Navaho religious rituals, let alone the Zuni ones and both are strongly intertwined in this mystery within a mystery.I still like Joe, I adm...