Lt. Joe Leaphorn investigates the disappearance of two Native-American boys one of them a young Zuñi. The investigation is complicated by an archaeological dig, a steel hypodermic needle, and the unique laws and sacred religious rites of the Zuñi.

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"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

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Two Navajo policemen search for the truth behind the disappearance of an anthropologist suspected of selling ancient Indian artifacts on the black market, delving into the underworld of illegal archaeological excavations and Navajo superstition and lore.

While assisting Sergeant Jim Chee to investigate a robbery, Joe Leaphorn turns up a clue that leads to a search for the remains of a passenger--carrying a fortune in diamonds--on a plane that went down in the Grand Canyon fifty years earlier.

Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child’s blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client’s adoption was questionable, and...

Sergeant Jim Chee's vacation to beautiful Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell has a deeper purpose. He's on a quest to unravel a sacred mystery his mentor, the Legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, stumbled across decades earlier. Chee's journey takes a deadly turn when, after a prayerful visit to the sacred Rainbow Bridge, he spots a body floating in the lake. The dead man, a Navajo with a passion for the canyon's ancient rock art, lived a life filled with...

Officer Jim Chee and Lietenant Joe Leaphorn investigate the murder of a Navajo singer who left a partially completed drawing as a potential clue to his killer. When another singer turns up dead and more signs of Navajo witchcraft, they are nor certain where to turn for suspects.