Description: "First Harper Paperbacks edition published January 1991; reissued July 2018"--Copyright page.
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:
"He makes the desert come, alive." - Denver Post
"Hillerman . . . is in a class by himself." - Los Angeles Times
"Hillerman deserves to be included in any list of the best living mystery writers." - Dallas Morning News
"Hillerman gets better with every book." - San Francisco Chronicle
"Hillerman is an expert puzzle-maker." - The Atlantic
"Hillerman knows the value of suspense. He packs his scenes with tantalizing details, his detectives with intelligent persistency and his story with an understated sense of urgency." - People
"Hillerman transcends the mystery genre." - Washington Post Book World
"Hillerman's mysteries are unique in American crime fiction." - Los Angeles Times
"The only mysteries I read are Hillerman's." - Ursula K. Le Guin