Listening Woman - Hardcover

Tony Hillerman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060119012 ISBN 13: 9780060119010

Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978

Synopsis

Indian policeman Joe Leaphorn enters on the strangest case of his career when an old Indian soothsayer and a young Indian girl are found murdered, and ends up investigating the strange kidnapping of a group of Boy Scouts and evading a plot on his own life

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.

Review:

“Hillerman’s mysteries are special . . . Listening Woman is among the best.” (Washington Post)

“A good exciting mystery that has everything.” (Pittsburgh Press)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0060119012
• ISBN 13: 9780060119010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200