New York: The Armchair Dectective Library / Otto Penzler Books, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Board very slightly bowed else near fine in a very good slipcase with spotting and darkening. Copy letter X of 26 lettered copies and 100 numbered copies Signed by the author.

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Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.An assassin waits for Officer Jim Chee in the desert to protect a vision of death that for thirty years has been fed by greed and washed by blood.Who would murder a dying man? Why would someone steal a box of rocks? And why would a rich man's wife pay $3,000 to get them back? These questions haunt Sgt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police as he journeys into the scorching Southwest. But there, out in the Bad Country, a lone assassin waits for Chee to come seeking answers, waits ready and willing to protect a vision of death that for thirty years has been fed by greed and washed in blood.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 354192
Title: People of Darkness
Author: HILLERMAN, Tony
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1562870580
ISBN 13: 9781562870584
Publisher: The Armchair Dectective Library / Otto Penzler Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1980
Keywords: Mystery

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