- Anasazi, Anthropology, Archaeology, Fiction
A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Tony Hillerman
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 297
- Publisher
- Rivages, Harper, HarperLuxe
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- English, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9780718131128
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“THE MOON HAD RISEN just above the cliff behind her.”
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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