You know you've found a good writer when you get a cultural education along with a good mystery, yet the education doesn't bother you because it's tightly interwoven with the fabric of the narrative itself. Though he doesn't write in first-person, Hillerman tells the story so believably from Joe Leaphorn's (the police detective protagonist) point of view that you almost feel like you're in the mind of the "slow-talking" Navajo as his story unfolds. You'll like the battle of wits between Leaphorn and the bad guy ("Gold Rims") in this one. Definitely a good read.
(Pasted from my Goodreads.com review)
