Tony Hillerman, the author of the acclaimed mysteries set on the Navajo Indian Reservation in the Four Corners area of the US, has died of heart failure.
What I liked about Hillerman's novels was that his two protagonists, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, were allowed to be human and make human errors, unlike many fictional detectives. You got a sense of the desolation of the Navajo Reservation when Hillerman wrote, especially the descriptions of the cold winters.
I remember seeing Hillerman on Bill Maher's old show Politically Incorrect on one occasion, arguing for nuclear power against singer Graham Nash.
I'm going to miss his fine novels.
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