A thief of time

a novel

209 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 1988 by Harper & Row.

ISBN:
978-0-06-015938-2
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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.

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Subjects

  • Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Chee, Jim (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
  • Police -- Southwestern States -- Fiction
  • Indian reservation police -- Fiction
  • Navajo Indians -- Fiction
  • Southwestern States -- Fiction