People of Darkness

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“Hillerman . . . is in a class by himself.”— Los Angeles Times

The fourth novel in New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman’s highly acclaimed Leaphorn and Chee series.

A dying man is murdered. A rich man’s wife agrees to pay three thousand dollars for the return of a stolen box of rocks. A series of odd, inexplicable events is haunting Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police and drawing him alone into the Bad Country of the merciless Southwest, where everything good struggles to survive, including Chee. Because an assassin waits for him there, protecting a thirty-year-old vision that greed has sired and blood has nourished. And only one man will walk away.

Who would murder a dying man? Why would someone steal a box of rocks? And why would a rich man's wife pay $3,000 to get them back? These questions haunt Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police as he journeys into the scorching Southwest. But there, out in the Bad Country, a lone assassin waits for Chee to come seeking answers, waits ready and willing to protect a vision of death that for thirty years has been fed by greed and washed in blood.

"He makes the desert come, alive." - Denver Post

"Hillerman . . . is in a class by himself." - Los Angeles Times

“Hillerman deserves to be included in any list of the best living mystery writers.” - Dallas Morning News

"Hillerman gets better with every book." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Hillerman is an expert puzzle-maker." - The Atlantic

“Hillerman knows the value of suspense. He packs his scenes with tantalizing details, his detectives with intelligent persistency and his story with an understated sense of urgency.” - People

“Hillerman transcends the mystery genre.” - Washington Post Book World

“Hillerman’s mysteries are unique in American crime fiction.” - Los Angeles Times

“The only mysteries I read are Hillerman’s.” - Ursula K. Le Guin