by Tony Hillerman · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140177336
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«Sacred Clowns» is the mystery novel by Tony Hillerman, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Jim Chee searches for a missing teenager; Joe Leaphorn investigates the death of a teacher. Both cases converge in the Tano pueblo when a koshare, a sacred clown, is murdered during a ceremony. Amid tribal secrets, unscrupulous speculators and a valuable sacred object, the officers try to connect two deaths and a runaway boy.
Eleventh installment of the Leaphorn & Chee series, originally published in 1993; finalist for the Anthony Award for Best Novel.
Aimed at readers of crime and mystery fiction, especially those interested in plots with indigenous cultural background.
Anthony Grove Hillerman was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. Several of his works have been adapted for film and television, including the AMC series Dark Winds.
