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This classic collection of nonfiction essays about life in New Mexico by the great Tony Hillerman remains a must listen for anyone looking to understand the state's unique charm. The engaging pieces in The Great Taos Bank Robbery unveil the life and magic one experiences in the Land of Enchantment.

Lt. Joe Leaphorn, who can't seem to stay retired, investigates a case that takes him back to his earliest days with the Navajo Tribal Police. When Erwin Totter's trading post burned to the ground back in 1965, the news that Ray Shewnack, a fugitive on the FBI's Most Wanted List, had perished in the blaze drew all available officers to the scene. Joe Leaphorn was pulled away from Grandma Peshlakai's, where he'd gone in hopes of recovering the ten gallons of pinyon sap stolen from her. It was a waste of time, Grandma Peshlakai insisted, since the man was certainly dead.

Listen to mystery stories by today's top writers and the masters who inspired them. The idea for this collection came to Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Lawrence Block when he was asked, "What is your favorite mystery story?" Block compiled this unique collection by posing the same question to some of today's favorite writers of the genre, including Stephen King, Tony Hillerman, and John Lutz.

This superb collection of nine detective stories focuses on the police procedural genre where crime investigation takes on a sense of reality.

Joe Leaphorn, tenente della polizia tribale, è chiamato a indagare sul brutale omicidio di un vecchio e di una sedicenne navajo. È un caso che ricorda bene, perché sembra sfuggire a ogni logica: gli agenti dell’FBI e del Bureau of Indian Aff airs che se ne sono occupati tre mesi prima non sono riusciti a individuare un colpevole e men che meno a ipotizzare un movente plausibile. L’unica testimone, un’anziana sciamana cieca chiamata Donna che Ascolta, che ha parlato di stregoni e spiriti inquieti e di un essere malvagio che è stato sguinzagliato sulla terra, non è stata giudicata credibile.