01604cam a2200301 4500 264306314 TxAuBib 20160112120000.0 940125s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 87046147 9780060159382 $15.95 0060159383 $15.95 TxAuBib Hillerman, Tony. A Thief of Time #8 / Tony Hillerman. New York : Harper, 1988. 209 p. : map. Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee ; 8 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. 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 Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth an astonishing truth and a cold-hearted killer. In his breakout novel, Hillerman paints a stunning portrait of the psychology of murder—and offers a heart-rending example of love and forgiveness. 20000801. Leaphorn, Joe Lt. (Fictitious character) Fiction. Chee, Jim (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police Southwestern States Fiction. Navajo Indians Fiction. Mystery fiction. Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee ; 8. TXHAM