Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony HillermanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo police becomes involved in the case of the disappearance and death of a young boy in this story the second of the Leaphorn series. Ernesto a young Zuñi has been chosen to impersonate the FireGod in the incoming Zuñi sacred celebrations. He has been training so that he can run, dance and participate with great strength. Pround of the fact that he has been so honored he could't help tell his friend George about it which was improper thing todo but he needed George's help in his workouts.
When his body is found cruelly murdered George takes off trying to right the karma. But as is often the case one death follows another and Leaphorn knows he has to find George before anyone else does.
Leaphorn has always believed that there is a reason for everything. Every cause has it's effect. Every action it's reaction. There is a synchronicity to nature. In all things there is a pattern but in this situation Joe Leaphorn is struggling to find it.
Tony Hillerman creates a wonderful picture of a certain time and place. He educates the reader in this book about several of the very differences between the Navajo and the Zuñi both in their creation beliefs, and the way they live their lives.
The value of a book is what you take away from it and Dance Hall Of The Dead is a gem.
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