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Joe Leaphorn is investigating the death of a young man found suffocated by sand. Professor Bergen McKee is friends with Leaphorn and is in the area collecting Navajo witchcraft stories while a fellow professor investigates the Anasazi ruins in the area. Leaphorn's case soon becomes connected to McKee's research. The book is told from the POV of both Leaphorn and McKee but McKee gets more time which is interesting because the series goes on to feature Leaphorn. The book was a bit slow to start of
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I just couldn't get into this story.
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I read this book when I was first published. This year I decided to listen to the audio version.
I finished this but didn’t connect much. I couldn’t tell you a word of the baddies’ motivation.
Sep 27, 2009
Heather (DeathByBook)
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it was amazing
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Nov 14, 2010
Deedee
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Mar 22, 2011
Angela Randall
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Gaijinmama
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Bea
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Sep 28, 2014
[ JT ]
marked it as recommended
Jul 06, 2015
Lindsay
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Carrie
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Jan 22, 2019
Deborah
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Feb 13, 2020
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Feb 14, 2021
Cora
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Feb 16, 2024
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