Toronto: HarperCollins, 1993. Rust boards to the canvas cloth binding the titles in bright copper gilt to the spine.A tight copy appears to be unread..... There are no marks of any kind.Signed on a paste on bookplate to the front inside ep.. Signed by Author. First Edition First Impression. 1/4 Back Cloth Hard Cover. Fine as New in a Like Jacket/Pcl,. Illus. by Jacket By Peter Thorpe. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work and his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee; plus a special profile of the Navajo nation.Officer Chee attempts to solve two modern murders by deciphering the sacred clown's ancient message to the people of the Tano pueblo.AN ANCIENT TRUST IS BROKENDuring a Tano kachina ceremony something in the antics of the dancing koshare fills the air with tension. Moments later the clown is found brutally bludgeoned in the same manner that a reservation schoolteacher was killed just days before.In true Navajo style, Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police go back to the beginning to decipher the sacred clown's message to the people of the Tano pueblo. Amid guarded tribal secrets and crooked Indian traders, they find a trail of blood that links a runaway schoolboy, two dead bodies, and the mysterious presence of a sacred artifact.

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Bookseller: Mulberry Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 902933
Title: Sacred Clowns
Author: Tony Hillerman
Illustrator: Jacket By Peter Thorpe
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New Fine as New in a Like Jacket
Jacket Condition: Pcl,
Edition: First Edition First Impression
ISBN 10: 000224263X
ISBN 13: 9780002242639
Publisher: HarperCollins
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: Mystery/Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery;
Size: 8vo

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