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November 08, 2008
WCL Remembers Tony Hillerman May 27, 1925 - Oct 26, 2008

The Shape Shifter
by Tony Hillerman

When a rug that was supposed to have been burned in a fire years before shows up in the pages of an interiors magazine, retired policeman Joe Leaphorn is drawn into a hunt for a killer. The conclusion of this daring mystery is sure to startle longtime fans of the series.

The Sinister Pig
by Tony Hillerman

This is Hillerman's 16th novel featuring Joe Leaphorn and/or Jim Chee. The difficult to summarize plot features the mysterious shooting of an ex-CIA agent, financial shenanigans around oil-and-gas royalties, disappearing congressional interns, exotic pipeline technology, and the cross-border trade in both drugs and illegal aliens.

Sacred Clowns
by Tony Hillerman

In this mystery set in the Southwest, Navajo tribal policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee work together with a runaway student as the only link between two seemingly unrelated murders-one of a well-liked art teacher in his classroom on the reservation and the other the uncle of the runaway boy. The author skillfully employs the elements of detection and routine police work while providing readers with an intriguing glimpse of Navajo culture.