A Thief of Time

from LGCullens

I remember reading most if not all of the Leaphorn and Chee books, back some years. I thought they were well written and good distractions from the then work-a-day world. I still remember scenes from them, but get mixed up as to which of the books the scenes were from. For those not familiar, th...

from LTW

Set against the backdrop of the long-vanished Anasazi, Hillerman weaves a complex tale setting Anglo culture against the values of the Dinai, the Navajo tribal people. Elderly Joe Leaphorn and brash newcomer Jim Chee (with one foot in the spirituality of the Navajo healers and the other in the We...

from rosalita

A thief of time is the Navajo name for someone who steals artifacts from archaeological sites on the reservation. In this case, it's jawbones and potsherds from the abandoned cliff dwellings of the mysterious Anasazi people. A woman archaeologist goes missing, and even though Joe Leaphorn has put...

from LyndaInOregon

This mid-series Leaphorn & Chee novel seems to suffer a bit from ennui. Leaphorn's wife has died (in a previous volume) and he is now contemplating ending his career. Without his driving force, the story just feels stilted and extremely slow-moving. Essentially, it's a so-so mystery involving po...

from dougwood57

'A Thief of Time' was Hillerman's 'breakout' book and led to numerous awards, although by the time the book was first printed in 1988 Hillerman had been writing his Leaphorn and Chee Navajo adventure mystery novels for some 18 years. This tale takes Leaphorn and Chee into the field work of anthro...