Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, &
Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!
"With The Shape Shifter, Hillerman once again proves himself the
master of Southwest mystery fiction, working in a Hemingway-esque
tradition of pared-down writing to bring the rugged Southwest into
focus."--Santa Fe New Mexican
Legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is drawn back into the past to solve
a cold case that has haunted him for nearly a decade in this atmospheric
and twisting mystery infused with the Native American culture and lore
of the desert Southwest.
Though he's officially retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe
Leaphorn occasionally helps his former colleagues Jim Chee and Bernie
Manuelito crack particularly puzzling crimes.
But there is that rare unsolved investigation that haunts every lawman,
including the legendary Leaphorn. Joe still hasn't let go of his "last
case"--a mystery involving a priceless Navajo rug that was supposedly
destroyed in a fire. Nine years later, what looks like the same
one-of-a-kind rug turns up in a magazine spread, and the man who showed
Joe the photo has gone missing.
With Chee and Bernie on their honeymoon, Leaphorn plunges into the case
solo, picking up the threads of this crime he'd long thought impossible
to solve. Not only has the passage of time obscured the details, but a
murderer long thought dead continues to roam free--and is ready to
strike again to keep the past buried.
