Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee - Book 8
A Thief of Time
“Beautifully constructed…Builds to a socko finish.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
A New York Times bestseller
Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the Anthony Award for Best Novel
A Thief of Time featuring Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee as they find themselves in hot pursuit of a depraved killer.
At a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground in the name of profit, a noted anthropologist vanishes while on the verge of making a startling, history-altering discovery. Amid stolen goods and desecrated bones, two corpses are discovered, shot by bullets fitting the gun of the missing scientist.
There are modern mysteries buried in despoiled ancient places, and Policemen Leaphorn and Chee must plunge into the past to unearth an astonishing truth and a cold-hearted killer.
In his novel, Hillerman paints a stunning portrait of the psychology of murder-and offers a heartrending example of love and forgiveness.
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