To ignore the warnings of the venerable seer, however, could lead Leaphorn into the most blood-soaked, agonizing ordeal of his career.
Margaret is now at the hogan of Hosteen Tso, where she is conducting a 'reading' to determine which of the traditional Navajo 'sings' will be required by Tso. The truth is buried somewhere in Tso's family, and in the brutal events of a hundred years past. Hosteen Tso is an elderly Navajo who has asked for the services of Margaret Cigaret, also known as the Listening Woman, or Blind Eyes. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is sure the monster that slaughtered her teenaged niece and an old man named Tso was human-particularly after a car tries to run the detective down-in this third mystery in the series, a finalist for the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Like myths, they keep evolving with the telling."- NYTBRĪ blind shaman, Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evils unleashed after a sudden and savage attack.
Down here in the Southwest, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are as iconic as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Philip Marlowe, and. Set in the Four Corners region of New Mexico and Arizona, they reflect a deep appreciation of the natural wonders of the Southwest, its cultures, and its people. The blind Navajo Listening Woman speaks of ghosts and of witches, but Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police knows his people as well as he knows cold-. Listening Woman: Tony Hillerman: 9781664620476: : Books Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 34.06 List Price: 42.99 Save: 8. Tony Hillerman was one of the greats, as every mystery reader knows. A Grand Master and the 1988 president of the Mystery Writers of America, Tony Hillerman remains best known for his Edgar and Anthony Award-winning series of mysteries featuring Joe Leaphorn or Jim Chee (or both) of the Navajo Tribal Police.
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