Publication: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1973, New York
First edition. Correct numerical sequence appears at the bottom of page 168. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in dust jacket. "Two young boys suddenly disappear. One of them, a Zuni, leaves a pool of blood behind. Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police tracks the brutal killer. Three things complicate the search: an archeological dig, a steel hypodermic needle, and the strange laws of the Zuni." Edgar Award winner for 1974.
Inventory Number: 27477