The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evil unleashed. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is sure the monster who savagely slaughtered an old man and a teenage girl was human. The solution to a horrific crime is buried somewhere in a dead man's secrets and in the shocking events of a hundred years past. To ignore the warnings of a venerable seer, however, might be reckless foolishness when Leaphorn's investigation leads him farther away from the ...
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The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evil unleashed. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is sure the monster who savagely slaughtered an old man and a teenage girl was human. The solution to a horrific crime is buried somewhere in a dead man's secrets and in the shocking events of a hundred years past. To ignore the warnings of a venerable seer, however, might be reckless foolishness when Leaphorn's investigation leads him farther away from the comprehensible . . . and closer to the most brutally 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
