Title: Where was the editor?
Product review: As a longtime Hillerman fan, there some things I expect in his books (vivid descriptions of a land the author clearly loves, gentle and often humorous evocations of Navajo culture, compelling characters) and some things I know better than to expect (an unpredictable plot, a graceful conclusion). With "First Eagle," however, Hillerman managed to limbo under even my modest plot expectations, and he didn't have much to show me about Navajo culture in this yarn either. I won't hold it against him. I'll loyally read the next book, but I'm not so forgiving with the editor. All through "First Eagle" characters are surprised to discover something they were told two chapters back, and their short-term memories are clearly failing them when they recount events or conversations. It was a shoddy editing job if it can be called editing at all.
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