Coyote waits / Tony Hillerman.
By: Hillerman, Tony.
Publisher: New York, New York : Harper Paperbacks, c1992Description: 352 p.ISBN: 0061099325.Subject(s): 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 | Detective and mystery storiesDDC classification: Fic H55 1992 Summary: "The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez--a bullet did. And the old man in possession of the murder weapon is a whiskey-soaked shaman named Ashie Pinto. Officer Jim Chee is devastated by the slaying of his good friend Del, and confounded by the prime suspect's refusal to utter a single word of confession or denial.Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believes there is much more to this outrage than what appears on the surface, as he and Jim Chee set out to unravel a complex weave of greed and death that involves a historical find and a lost fortune. But the hungry and mythical trickster Coyote is waiting, as always, in the shadows to add a strange and deadly new twist."Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez--a bullet did. And the old man in possession of the murder weapon is a whiskey-soaked shaman named Ashie Pinto. Officer Jim Chee is devastated by the slaying of his good friend Del, and confounded by the prime suspect's refusal to utter a single word of confession or denial.Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believes there is much more to this outrage than what appears on the surface, as he and Jim Chee set out to unravel a complex weave of greed and death that involves a historical find and a lost fortune. But the hungry and mythical trickster Coyote is waiting, as always, in the shadows to add a strange and deadly new twist."
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