Pub Date: January 2, 2018
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0870
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.90" L x 5.20" W ( 0.45 lbs) 256 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Westerns | General | Mystery and Detective | Police Procedural | Indigenous | General see also Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island or Nat | Cultural Heritage | Traditional | Thrillers | Crime | Suspense | Romance | Police and Law Enforcement
Series: Leaphorn and Chee Novel
Description: "Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin air, leaving a pool of blood behind them. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police has no choice but to suspect the very worst, since the blood that stains the parched New Mexican ground once flowed through the veins of one of the missing, a young Zuni. But his investigation into a terrible crime is being complicated by an important archaeological dig ... and a steel hypodermic needle. And the unique laws and sacred religious rights of the Zuni people are throwing impassable roadblocks in Leaphorn's already twisted path, enabling a craven murderer to elude justice ... or, worse still, to kill again"--Back cover.
Brief description:
Tony Hillerman served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian's Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.
Review Quotes:
"Riveting." - Newsweek
"Hillerman is a master." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch