The Fallen Man
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0061092886 / Publisher: HarperTorch, September 1997
Newly retired Navajo Tribal officer Joe Leaphorn connects the discovery of a skeleton under Ship Rock Mountain's peak to the sniper shooting of a canyon guide, and he remembers an old puzzle he was unable to solve. Reprint.
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<p> </p><p><strong>From <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Tony Hillerman comes another thrilling mystery featuring Leaphorn & Chee who must investigate a cold case that has far more personal consequences than expected.</strong></p> <p><strong>“Gripping.”—<em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p>Human bones lie on a ledge under the peak of Ship Rock mountain, the remains of a murder victim undisturbed for more than a decade. Three hundred miles across the Navajo reservation, a harmless old canyon guide is felled by a sniper's bullet. </p><p>Joe Leaphorn, recently retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, believes the shooter and the skeleton are somehow connected and recalls a chilling puzzle he was previously unable to solve. But Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee is too busy to take an interest in a dusty cold case . . . until the reborn violence of it hits much too close to home.<strong></strong></p>
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