- Mystery, Detective and mystery stories, Police, Indians of North America
Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.Joe Leaphorn must stalk a supernatural killer known as the "Wolf-Witch" along a chilling trail of mysticism and murder.When Lt.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Tony Hillerman
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Armchair Detective Library, Harper & Row, Avon Books (Mm)
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780060548131
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“LUIS HORSEMAN LEANED the flat stone very carefully against the pinon twig, adjusted its balance exactly and then cautiously withdrew his hand.”
Anthony Grove Hillerman was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels. Several of his works have been adapted as theatrical and television movies.
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