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The Shape Shifter
 
The Shape Shifter
Author: Tony Hillerman

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Publisher: Harper
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780060563479 - ISBN-10: 0060563478
Publication Date: 1/1/2008
Pages: 352

Book Description:
Retirement has never sat well with former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. Now the ghosts of a still-unsolved case are returning to haunt him, reawakened by a photograph in a magazine spread of a one-of-a-kind Navajo rug, a priceless work of woven art that was supposedly destroyed in a suspicious fire many years earlier. The rug, commemorating one of the darkest and most terrible chapters in American history, was always said to be cursed, and now the friend who brought it to Leaphorn's attention has mysteriously gone missing. With newly wedded officers Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito just back from their honeymoon, the legendary ex-lawman is on his own to pick up the threads of a crime he'd once thought impossible to untangle. And they're leading him back into a world of lethal greed, shifting truths, and changing faces, where a cold-blooded killer still resides.

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James B. (Kilroy) wrote on 11/29/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Joe,Jim, and now Bernie...Who could ask for more. It is unfortunate that there will be no more as alas, Tony has passed away. The last book is just as wonderful as all the others, and solving a mystery from the past brings us a nostalgic journey into familiar excerpts from previous stories, appropriate I think for his last work. I for one will miss him.

Amy M. (AmyOle) wrote on 10/30/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

If you're looking for more great Tony Hillerman, this book is one for you. Hillerman's main protagonist (Joe Leaphorn) is back from retirement and researching supernatural occurings that seem to happen around an antique Navajo rug.

Dale V. (dvnashville) wrote on 11/25/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I love all the Tony Hillerman books... fascinating insights into Native American culture, great scenic descriptions, characters you care about, interesting and captivating plots.

Becca A. wrote on 5/30/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I have followed the Legendary Lieutenant throughout his "career" and so was really looking forward to this book of his supposed retirement (though we know that's impossible.) I enjoyed the usual atmospheric stuff and the Navajo cultural things, but found the character of Joe Leaphorn implausible for the first time. He has been a straight arrow his whole life and career. To be a month into retirement and bending rules did not sit well with me nor make for a believable story. Read it, certainly. But it's not a sequel that made logical sense to me.


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