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A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
A Thief of Time is the eighth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman.
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21 primary booksLeaphorn & Chee is a 21-book series with 22 primary works first released in 1970 with contributions by Tony Hillerman, Steve Levine, and Anne Hillerman.
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Not as impressive as [b:Coyote Waits 40383103 Coyote Waits (Navajo Mysteries, #10) Tony Hillerman https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1528148858s/40383103.jpg 2654866]—less believable, more predictable—but still quite enjoyable.