People of Darkness: Armchair Detective Library - Hardcover

Hillerman, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1562870572 ISBN 13: 9781562870577

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1994

Synopsis

Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police ventures into the southwestern Bad Country, where a bloodthirsty assassin waits to prevent the revelation of thirty-year-old secrets. Reissue.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Synopsis:

Officer Jim Chee is drawn into his Navajo heritage as he investigates the bizarre theft of a box of trinkets--a theft that endangers his life as well the life of a young schoolteacher.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1562870572
• ISBN 13: 9781562870577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282