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Joe Leaphorn gehen im Ruhestand langsam die Geschichten aus, da bittet ihn ein Ex-Kollege um Hilfe. Der Fall, in den er nun verwickelt wird, bringt einen Toten mit einem Koffer voller Diamanten ans Tageslicht, der eigentlich seit einem Flugzeugabsturz im Grand Canyon verschwunden ist

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In 1956, an airplane crash left the remains of 172 passengers scattered among the majestic cliffs of the Grand Canyon-including an arm attached to a briefcase containing a fortune in gems. Half a century later, one of the missing diamonds has reappeared . . . and the wolves are on the scent.
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Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is coming out of retirement to help exonerate a slow, simple kid accused of robbing a trading post. Billy Tuve claims he received the diamond he tried to pawn from a mysterious old man in the canyon, and his story has attracted the dangerous attention of strangers to the Navajo lands-one more interested in a severed limb than in the fortune it was handcuffed to; another willing to murder to keep lost secrets hidden. But nature herself may prove the deadliest adversary, as Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee follow a puzzle-and a killer-down into the dark realm of Skeleton Man.

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"Considerable suspense in the race to the bottom of one of the most spectacular and treacherous landscapes Hillerman´s ever explored." Kirkus Reviews

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Tony Hillerman (1925-2008), an Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident since 1963, was the author of 29 books, including the popular 18-book mystery series featuring Navajo police officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, two non-series novels, two children´s books, and nonfiction works. He had received every major honor for mystery fiction; awards ranging from the Navajo Tribal Council´s commendation to France ´s esteemed Grand prix de litterature policiere. Western Writers of America honored him with the Wister Award for Lifetime achievement in 2008. He served as president of the prestigious Mystery Writers of America, and was honored with that group´s Edgar Award and as one of mystery fiction´s Grand Masters. In 2001, his memoir, Seldom Disappointed, won both the Anthony and Agatha Awards for best nonfiction.

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