 Does this theft of seemingly worthless stuff connect with a bomb-murder attempt on Tomas' father, who's dying of cancer anyway?Or with a bloody 1948 oil-rig explosion that almost killed Tomas' grandfather?As Tomas[sic Chee] sleuths, along with nice, tough, white teacher Mary, Hillerman also follows the cool, disturbed hired killer who, having failed to kill Tomas' father, now steals his dead body from the hospital!