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Pages: 384, Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, Harper

During a kachina ceremony at the Tano Pueblo, the antics of a dancing "koshare" fill the air with tension. Moments later, the clown is found bludgeoned to death, in the same manner a reservation schoolteacher was killed only days before. Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believe that answers lie in the sacred clown's final cryptic message to the Tano people. But to decipher it, the two Navajo policemen may have to delve into closely guarded tribal secrets--on a sinister trail of blood...

Sacred Clowns, Tony Hillerman/ New York: Harper Collins: 1993. Hardcover with DJ. . 227pp. Hard cover with unclipped dj. 8vo. 227pp. Clean unmakred, as new condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine condition.

First edition. Advance reading copy. Wrappers. Fine.

Hillerman's long-awaited new novel shows how amply he deserves such high praise, as it reunites Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee in an effort to unravel a treacherous web of tribal politics and murder. Yesterday a teacher was killed at a mission school on the Navajo Reservation, but today in the Tano Indian pueblo murder seems inconceivable as a tribal ceremony unfolds. The sacred kachinas have danced into the ancient plaza, and the koshare in their grotesque disguises have tumbled...

Sacred Clowns brims with subtly drawn personalities, revealing glimpses into proud, ancient cultures, crystalline evocations of the Southwest’s stark beauty, and taut yet lyrical prose. It is, simply, Tony Hillerman at his best. (From the dust jacket of the 1st HB printing) Harper Collins Books, ISBN: 0-06-016767-X 305 pgs. Free Counter Provided by

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Tony Hillerman was the former president of the Mystery Writers of America and received its Edgar® and Grand Master awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Silver Spur Award for the best novel set in the West, and the Navajo Tribe’s Special Friend Award. He lived with his wife in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This scene captures a Koshari dancing in the early morning creating the medicine for the cermony. There would be others singing for this Koshari. The singers would ask the spirits to bring the Blessings that create the medicine water. The Blessings would be brought by birds, or as in this scene, they are brought by Sacred Butterflies sent from the realm of Spirit. Each has a different altar design on their wings. The Koshari feels the bliss of the divine spirit of these butterflies as they hand on...