Listening Woman

Tony Hillerman

Published by Harper & Row, 1978

VERY GOOD condition DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small chip to top edge of front panel and back panel. Very minor scuff to bottom edge of spine. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside for improved appearance. BOARDS: Very good condition. Small bump to top outside edge, front. BOOK: Very good condition. Endpapers upside down. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. ********************************************************** Here on offer is a very nice copy of Tony Hillerman's third novel in the Joe Leaphorn police procedurals series, Listening Woman, a 1979 Edgar Award nominee and the basis for the first season of the Dark Winds television series. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Harper & Row in 1978 with a laid-in SIGNATURE by the author. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ***************************************************** "Hillerman's mysteries are special . . . Listening Woman is among the best."-- Washington Post ***** The third novel in New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman's highly acclaimed Leaphorn and Chee series. ***** The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evil unleashed. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is sure the monster who savagely slaughtered an old man and a teenage girl was human. ***** Now the solution to a horrific crime is buried somewhere in a dead man's secrets--and in the shocking events of a hundred years past. To ignore the warnings of a venerable seer, however, might be reckless foolishness when Leaphorn's investigation leads him farther away from the comprehensible . . . and closer to the most brutally violent confrontation of his career. ********************************************************* Anthony Grove Hillerman (May 27, 1925 October 26, 2008) was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Several of his works have been adapted as theatrical and television movies. . . . ***** Hillerman is considered one of New Mexico's foremost novelists. The Tony Hillerman Library was dedicated in Albuquerque in 2008, and the Tony Hillerman Middle School (part of Volcano Vista High School) opened in 2009. Dance Hall of the Dead, published in 1973, earned Hillerman the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1987, a French international literary honor. Hillerman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Litt.D.) from the University of New Mexico in 1990. He was awarded the Owen Wister Award in 2008 for "Outstanding Contributions to the American West." ******* The above text was taken from, respectively, HarperCollins publishing (via Google Books) and Wikipedia. [Hillerman, Tony. Listening Woman. United States: HarperCollins, 2010.]. Seller Inventory # ABE-1692620994837

Bibliographic Details

Title: Listening Woman
Publisher: Harper & Row
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition