A Thief of Time - Couverture souple

Hillerman, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747403295 ISBN 13 : 9780747403296

Editeur : Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

Part of a series of police novels set in the Navajo territory featuring a woman anthropologist who is party to a bizarre and mystifying set of murders. The author has also written "The Ghostway", "The Dark Wind" and "People of Darkness".

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident since 1963, was the author of 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children’s books, and nonfiction works. He had received every major honor for mystery fiction; awards ranging from the Navajo Tribal Council's commendation to France 's esteemed Grand prix de litterature policiere. Western Writers of America honored him with the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He served as president of the prestigious Mystery Writers of America, and was honored with that group’s Edgar Award and as one of mystery fiction’s Grand Masters. In 2001, his memoir, Seldom Disappointed, won both the Anthony and Agatha Awards for best nonfiction.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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. At an ancient burial site, 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 as blood flows all too freely, Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth an astonishing truth and a cold-hearted killer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747403295
• ISBN 13: 9780747403296
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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