Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee investigate an anthropologist suspected of selling ancient Anasazi pottery on the black market. The case leads them to a cast of characters, including preacher/fencer Slick Nakai, musician/accomplice Pete Etcitty, and unsavory collectors Richard DuMont and Harrison Houk, who was the last person to see the anthropologist alive.
A Thief of Time
A celebrated anthropologist mysteriously disappears, prompting detectives Leaphorn and Chee to launch a thorough investigation, untangling a intricate network of deception and falsehoods.
