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Stargazer: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel, 6) Hardcover – April 13, 2021

by Anne Hillerman (Author)
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Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!  

Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars collide in this enthralling entry in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, set amid the beautiful landscape of the American Southwest.

What begins as a typical day for Officer Bernadette Manuelito—serving a bench warrant, dealing with a herd of cattle obstructing traffic, and stumbling across a crime scene—takes an unexpected twist when she’s called to help find an old friend. Years ago, Bernie and Maya were roommates, but time and Maya’s struggles with addiction drove them apart. Now Maya’s brother asks Bernie to find out what happened to his sister.

Tracing Maya’s whereabouts, Bernie learns that her old friend had confessed to the murder of her estranged husband, a prominent astronomer. But the details don’t align. Suspicious, Bernie takes a closer look at the case only to find that nothing is as it seems. Uncovering new information about the astronomer’s work leads Bernie to a remote spot on the Navajo Nation and a calculating killer.

The investigation causes an unexpected rift with her husband and new acting boss, Jim Chee, who’s sure Bernie’s headed for trouble. While she’s caught between present and past, Chee is at a crossroads of his own. Burdened with new responsibilities he didn’t ask for and doesn’t want, he must decide what the future holds for him and act accordingly. 

Can their mentor Joe Leaphorn—a man also looking at the past for answers to the future—provide the guidance both Bernie and Chee need? And will the Navajo heroes that stud the starry sky help them find justice—and the truth they seek?

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    Leaphorn and Chee
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    April 13, 2021
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    6 x 1.09 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
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“Tony Hillerman fans will appreciate her keeping his fictional creations, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, alive and thriving. The storytelling gene has been proudly passed on from father to daughter.” — Bookreporter

"Anne Hillerman’s taken familiar characters and locations and struck out on a literary legacy all her own.” — Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Series

“A must-read for anyone who loved the great Tony Hillerman novels.” — Douglas Preston,  #1 New York Times bestselling author

About the Author

ANNE HILLERMAN is the bestselling author of the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series. Lost Birds is her ninth novel in the series, which was created by her father, Tony Hillerman. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Tucson, Arizona, and is at work on her next novel.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper; First Edition (April 13, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062908332
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062908339
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.09 x 9 inches
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Anne Hillerman continues the mystery series her father Tony Hillerman created beginning in 1970. Anne's novels follow the further adventures of the characters Tony made famous, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn and adds Bernadette Manuelito as a major player. Her 10th novel in the series, Lost Birds, is due for publication by HarperCollins in 2024. All of Anne's books are New York Times best sellers. The popular Dark Winds TV series is based on the Hillerman books.

Anne has received numerous awards for her books including the New Mexico Arizona Book Award, the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence, the Rounders Award for stories that promote the traditional values of the American West, and the Spur Award from Western Writers of America. She is a frequent presenter at the Tucson Festival of the Book, Left Coast Crime, Malice Domestic and Bouchercon and has represented New Mexico at the National Book Festival hosted by the Library of Congress.

A sought-after speaker, Anne is a staunch supporter of public libraries. She lives and works in Santa Fe and Tucson with frequent trips to the Navajo Nation.

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Larry K
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully Good Entertainment
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Why is it delightful? I learn things I’d not previously been aware of. Learning is a delight. A zig when a zag is expected is also delightful.

Why Good? It is difficult to recall a work of fiction I’ve read in the last decade that doesn’t in some way, small or large, compromise virtue and virtues. This novel (and series) prizes good and the struggle against evil.

Why Entertaining? Manuelito, Chee, Leaphorn, and Bourbonette have each and all been relatably created with quirks, characteristics to emulate, and usually the good sense to see themselves clearly (eventually) and to chuckle with us readers at themselves.
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Carl Sauder
4.0 out of 5 stars Desert stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
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The atmosphere the characters and the plot development. Great story! You can almost smell the cold desert air and the stars look so close in the desert sky.
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Carol smith
5.0 out of 5 stars As good as….like father - like daughter.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024
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I’ve read all of Tony Hillerman’s books, and started Anne’s. I love hers as well. Having grown up in NM I have seen many of the places mentioned. When I was in elementary school, Navajo students were bused to my school. I wish I had asked them questions about their culture and lives. I do believe these books answered my questions.
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J. Paul L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
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Have not finished the book yet only up to chapter 15 but am hooked.

Nice thing about Anne Hillerman is she goes into day to day detail and her writing is getting better with each book. Previous book she had two different paths through most of the book and then they converged. Same with this story.

Great author and getting better.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good reading.
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
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Another great story.
Appreciative of Anne's story telling abilities and her sharing of Dine' culture.
Always thankful when I get lost in a good book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Murder of an astronomer
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2023
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Stargazer is the 24th book of the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito mysteries by Tony Hillerman and his daughter Anne Hillerman. It is the sixth in the series since Anne Hillerman's 2013 series reboot. In this one Bernie is at the center of the action.

All three of our protagonists (that would be, Bernie, Chee, and Leaphorn) are worrying about their futures and personal relationships. Chee is acting head of the police office where he and Bernie work because Chief Largo is off at a meeting. Largo is thinking of retirement, and Chee is his obvious successor, a prospect he does not at all relish. For several books now Bernie has been thinking about whether she wants to apply to become a police detective. Joe has been invited to participate in a task force to address the problem of lost and abused women. And as usual he's not quite sure how to manage his relationship with Louisa.

So that's all pretty much business as usual. What about the mystery? We begin with a prolog in which Steve Jones, a successful astronomer at the Very Large Array (this is a real radio telescope in New Mexico) has a date with his ex-wife Maya Kelsey. The next morning he is found dead in his car, shot with a bullet from his own pistol. Maya confesses to murdering him. Open-and shut, right?

Well, no, *OBVIOUSLY*. We have an entire novel -- it can't possibly be that simple. No one who knows Maya, including her old high-school friend Bernie, finds her confession credible. Bernie is fighting every other police officer investigating this case, because they want to wrap this up in the obvious way, and she is not buying it. Of course, in addition to looking for the hypothetical real killer, Bernie has the problem of figuring out why, hypothetically, Maya is making a false confession. Jones' professional life as a scientist enters into the question, in a way that I didn't find terribly credible.

Overall Stargazer is an average Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito mystery, which makes it a rather good mystery novel overall.
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Uncle Al
5.0 out of 5 stars To me, this is Anne Hillerman's BEST novel so far!
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021
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I have read every Tony Hillerman Navajo mystery, AND I have also read every more recent one written by his daughter, Anne Hillerman. When I opened her first book, I was a bit skeptical. How could she match her Dad's ability to "tell a good story" and to develop a plot that makes one want to try to solve the crime him/herself and one that is detailed, with good character development, and which contains enough "side plots' to keep you thinking: "Is this point mportant? Does it relate to the main story or not? Although she doesn't spend as much time and as many pages describing the physical setting of her mysteries, I think she concentrates more on character development and has them facing real world problems as well as the mystery at hand. I like that she has continued to involve Leaphorn and Chee, but I especially like her development of Bernie Manuelito as a main character. This brings new life to this continuing series. All of her previous Navajo detective novels have been very good, BUT I think THIS ONE IS THE BEST so far! It has lots of action, subtle hints, twists and turns, false leads, and a new location in New Mexico in which it all takes place. I love a mystery where every detail, every word, every seemingly insignificant happening must be remembered for any significance it has later on in the book. I even found myself looking back and rereading a few parts to be sure I had picked up on a point that had become important. My test of a good book is NOT one that one can't put down BUT one that you just don't want to finish too soon because you are enjoying it too much! STARGAZER is that kind of book! I was very happy with this new book and believe it rivals any that her Dad wrote in keeping one turning the pages and always thinking. The fact that I love New Mexico doesn't hurt any either! I lived there for a while and return as often as I can. Books about New Mexico are always on my radar, and I'll keep reading Anne Hillerman's Navajo mysteries as long as she continues to write them......which I hope is for a LONG TIME! It helps to have read the earlier entries in her series to fully understand and know the characters, but the mystery is "stand alone", and the characters aren't hard to get up to speed with. GREAT NOVEL, ANNE.....YOUR BEST SO FAR (at least I THINK so)!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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I'm always wiser having read an Anne Hillerman novel. And always glad that I did. Navajo star lore to radio telescopes and a bit of murder in between.
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Terrence Cooper
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2021
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enjoyed her father's writing, am enjoying hers
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent writing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2023
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I'm a Hillerman fan and Anne has kept her Fathers legacy well.
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Peter Noack
4.0 out of 5 stars Eine typische Hillerman-Geschichte.
Reviewed in Germany on July 3, 2021
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Ich besitze alle Romane von Tony und seiner Tochter. Als Altamerikanist und Kenner des Südwestens freue ich mich über jeden neuen Roman.
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ACE
1.0 out of 5 stars One of her best
Reviewed in Canada on April 29, 2021
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Anne Hillerman continues the story of Manuelito, Chee and Leaphorn. The foibles and strengths of the characters make them even more endearing. I can’t wait for the next book. May Anne Hillerman carry on her father’s legacy for a long time to come.
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Ilona
5.0 out of 5 stars Murders of believable people, set in the beauty and harshness of their land.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2021
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I still, after umpteen books by the Hillermans, love the way I am drawn into worlds they create. Of course, they are firmly based on the reality of peoples’ lives in that part of the world.
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