Listening woman

Pocketbok.

Gott skick. HarperPaperbacks, 1990. Pocketbok på engelska, 327 sidor. Gott skick, lite gulnad. Listening Woman is the third crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, first published in 1978. The novel features Joe Leaphorn. After talking with Hosteen Tso to learn what will best improve his health, Margaret Cigaret walks away from the hogan on Nokaito Bench to ponder his situation and prepare her advice. She returns to find both Tso and her niece dead. Initial investigation does not find the killer, or any possible motive for this crime.
Pursuing what begins as a routine police call, Leaphorn is nearly killed by the driver of a car. He is then entangled in a tense hostage situation in the caves near the San Juan River.
The novel was nominated for the 1979 "Best Mystery Novel"Edgar Award. It was well-received as "a compelling and often chilling book" and noted for "unselfconsciously drawing on the best of two clashing cultures."