The state police and FBI are baffled when an old man and a teenaged girl are brutally murdered. The blind Navajo Listening Woman speaks of ghosts and witches. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn knows his people and begins an investigation that leads to the most violent confrontation of his career.
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The state police and FBI are baffled when an old man and a teenaged girl are brutally murdered. The blind Navajo Listening Woman speaks of ghosts and witches. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn knows his people and begins an investigation that leads to the most violent confrontation of his career.
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Great characters wrapped in Hillerman's compelling prose. As a longtime resident of Arizona, I can attest to the accuracy of the vivid descriptions of the setting.
mwilma
Sep 23, 2010
great book
I have always loved the "Tony Hillerman" books. They tell a lot of the Indian History in a story formation. Would reccomend these books too anyone interested in the traditions of the "Native American".
readersreader
Feb 7, 2009
do you like complicated? this story is complicated
There are many people to sort through in this story, but there is only one true hero--Lt Joe Leaphorn. Joe is run down by a Mercedes, shot, almost killed by a very large dog, blown up and sealed in a cave; and tn spite of all that, he manages to save a troop of boy scouts and their leaders. But first, we start with Mrs Cigaret, who is a blind Navajo
