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The Blessing Way: Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries Series, Book 1
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Recorded Books, Inc. 2018
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Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim discovered in a high lonely place, a corpse with a mouth full of sand, abandoned at a crime scene seemingly devoid of tracks or useful clues. Though it goes against his better judgment, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn cannot help but suspect the hand of a supernatural killer. There is palpable evil in the air, and Leaphorn's pursuit of a Wolf-Witch is leading him where even the bravest men fear, on a chilling trail that winds perilously between mysticism and murder.
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Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
05/01/2018
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781501987700
Lexile measure:
920
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Tony Hillerman. (2018). The Blessing Way: Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries Series, Book 1. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.

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Tony Hillerman. 2018. The Blessing Way: Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries Series, Book 1. Recorded Books, Inc.

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Tony Hillerman, The Blessing Way: Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries Series, Book 1. Recorded Books, Inc, 2018.

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Tony Hillerman. The Blessing Way: Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries Series, Book 1. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2018.

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