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A Thief of Time

Tony Hillerman

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#3779 of 8,085 books · #1079 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (1989).

A Thief of Time was a New York Times bestseller. 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 Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth an astonishing truth and a cold-hearted killer. In his breakout novel, Hillerman paints a stunning portrait of the psychology of murder—and offers a heart-rending example of love and forgiveness.

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Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
ISBN-13
9780062895486
Topics
Murder investigationNative American cultureArchaeological looting

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