A Thief of Time (MM Paperback) by Tony Hillerman

A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where “thieves of time”ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appeared amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo tribal policeman Lieut. Joe Leaphorn and officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind him mystifying series of horriffic murders. New paperback. 1988.

A noted anthropologist vanishes at a moonlit Indian ruin where “thieves of time”ravage sacred ground for profit. When two corpses appeared amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo tribal policeman Lieut. Joe Leaphorn and officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind him mystifying series of horriffic murders. Original. New paperback. 1988. L058.