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  • A Thief of Time

  • Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries, Book 8
  • By: Tony Hillerman
  • Narrated by: George Guidall
  • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (175 ratings)

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A Thief of Time

By: Tony Hillerman
Narrated by: George Guidall
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Publisher's summary

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!

“All of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo tribal police novels have been brilliant, but A Thief of Time is flat-out marvelous.”—USA Today

From New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, A Thief of Time is the eighth novel featuring Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee as they find themselves in hot pursuit of a depraved killer.

At a moonlit Indian ruin where "thieves of time" ravage sacred ground in the name of profit, a noted anthropologist vanishes while on the verge of making a startling, history-altering discovery. Amid stolen goods and desecrated bones, two corpses are discovered, shot by bullets fitting the gun of the missing scientist.

There are modern mysteries buried in despoiled ancient places, and Navajo Tribal Policemen Leaphorn and Chee must plunge into the past to unearth an astonishing truth and a cold-hearted killer. In his breakout novel, Hillerman paints a stunning portrait of the psychology of murder—and offers a heart-rending example of love and forgiveness.

©2023 Tony Hillerman (P)2023 Recorded Books
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One of Hillerman’s Best

This was an excellent story Kept me engaged all the way through the entire book

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Love it!

I love Joe and Jim working together. I'm anxious to see how Jim's love life turns out and the following books.

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Totally Engaging

Best yet in the Hillerman series! The weave of Navaho culture throughout along with its expression of connection to the landscape and Hillerman’s ability to convey a lot with spare prose held this reader in rapt attention throughout!

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Outstanding

Another fascinating and spellbinding book from Hillerman. As always, George Guidall is a superb narrator.

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descriptions of tribal ways and the lands

The description of the weather patterns in the desert is very interesting. Also, the cultural differences are explained. I hope many who read this authors books are led to research and learn more.

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Great plot line

But audio muffled for much of the book. Hard to listen to. I really hate these minimum word requirements. Makes me not want to bother leaving a review I’ve said what I wanted to say!

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good solid 4 stars

Very good story, excellent narration, but kind of short, as are many of Hillerman's. On to the next in the series.

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Tony Hillerman the Best

Great , story, premise, flow, characters, history and background. Leaphorn ‘s grief. Jim Chee’s grief and awkwardness with women.

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Excellent story, oddly muddled audio.

I’ve read and listened to all of the Leaphorn-Chee novels. This is probably my favorite one. It’s extremely well crafted as a mystery, but it’s also filled with some very relatable personal interest storylines. It’s a very satisfying novel.
Unfortunately, the audiobook is spoiled by an unusual muddiness to the narration. The normally excellent narration by George Guidel, one of the best in the business, is spoiled by bad electronics or bad copying or a faulty microphone, or something. Especially at the beginning, the narrator sounds like he’s suffering with bronchitis or pneumonia; but since it’s unlikely he’d be required to work while sick, I figure the problem is with the recording, not Mr Guidel.
Nevertheless, this audiobook deserves 5 stars.

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Another "Edge of my seat" Story

Loved it. It was hard to stop listening when I had to. There are so many stories going on all at the same time.

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