← Back to search
Cover of Dance Hall of the Dead

Dance Hall of the Dead

Tony Hillerman (2018-01-02)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesLeaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

MurderViolenceDeathBlood

Positive tags

MysteryQuest

Tropes

Not yet tagged

Themes

Cultural IdentityJusticeTraditional Values vs ModernitySacred vs SecularMissing Persons InvestigationCross-Cultural ConflictLaw and Order

Synopsis

Two Native American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police has no choice but to suspect the very worst, since the blood that stains the parched New Mexico ground once flowed through the veins of one of the missing, a young Zuñi. But his investigation into a terrible crime is being complicated by an important archaeological dig . . . and a steel hypodermic needle. And the unique laws and sacred religious rites of the Zuñi people are throwing impassable roadblocks in Leaphorn’s already twisted path, enabling a craven murderer to elude justice or, worse still, kill again.

Tags

MysteryCrime FictionDetective NovelCultural Thriller