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Leaphorn & Chee Series

28 primary works • 35 total works
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Navajo tribal police officers in the southwest USA. Series has been taken over by author's daughter, Anne Hillerman, after his death.

Book 1

The Blessing Way
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4.00 · 31053 Ratings · 1832 Reviews · published 1970 · 93 editions
Alternate cover edition can be found here.

Homicide…

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    Book 2

    Dance Hall of the Dead
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    4.05     · 18780 Ratings · 1042 Reviews · published 1973 · 98 editions
    Two Native-American boys have vanished into thin a…

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    Book 3

    Listening Woman
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    4.13     · 16446 Ratings · 720 Reviews · published 1978 · 79 editions
    The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of …

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    Book 4

    People of Darkness
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    4.16     · 11838 Ratings · 630 Reviews · published 1980 · 73 editions
    Don’t miss the TV series,  Dark Winds , based on t…

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    Book 5

    The Dark Wind
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    4.13     · 12166 Ratings · 567 Reviews · published 1981 · 45 editions
    A corpse whose palms and soles have been "scalped"…

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    Book 6

    The Ghostway
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    4.12     · 12660 Ratings · 440 Reviews · published 1984 · 74 editions
    Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds , based on th…

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    Book 7

    Skinwalkers
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    4.09     · 15399 Ratings · 670 Reviews · published 1986 · 83 editions
    Navajo Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee and Lieutena…

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    Book 8

    A Thief of Time
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    4.13     · 15129 Ratings · 766 Reviews · published 1988 · 95 editions
    “All of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo tribal police nove…

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    Book 9

    Talking God
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    4.07     · 10139 Ratings · 487 Reviews · published 1989 · 89 editions
    A grave robber and a corpse reunite Navajo Tribal …

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    Book 10

    Coyote Waits
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    4.07     · 12608 Ratings · 458 Reviews · published 1990 · 78 editions
    The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman D…

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    Book 11

    Sacred Clowns
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    4.06     · 10198 Ratings · 452 Reviews · published 1993 · 92 editions
    First there was the trouble at Saint Boneventure b…

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    Book 12

    The Fallen Man
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    4.14     · 9205 Ratings · 496 Reviews · published 1996 · 76 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author Tony Hiller…

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    Book 13

    The First Eagle
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    4.11     · 8168 Ratings · 448 Reviews · published 1998 · 57 editions
    When Acting Lt. Jim Chee catches a Hopi poacher hu…

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    Book 14

    Hunting Badger
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    4.07     · 9586 Ratings · 460 Reviews · published 1999 · 60 editions
    Three men raid the gambling casino run by the Ute …

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    Book 15

    The Wailing Wind
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    4.12     · 8744 Ratings · 445 Reviews · published 2002 · 53 editions

    Officer Bernadette Manuelito found the dead man sl…

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    Book 16

    The Sinister Pig
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    3.97     · 8219 Ratings · 521 Reviews · published 2003 · 33 editions
    Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police is t…

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    Book 17

    Skeleton Man
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    4.03     · 9305 Ratings · 547 Reviews · published 2004 · 57 editions
    In 1956, an airplane crash left the remains of 172…

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    Book 18

    The Shape Shifter
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    4.05     · 10126 Ratings · 605 Reviews · published 2006 · 10 editions
    7 hours 10 minutes
    Since his retirement from the Na…

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    Book 19

    Spider Woman's Daughter
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    4.03     · 15928 Ratings · 1987 Reviews · published 2013 · 20 editions
    It happened in an instant. After a breakfast with …

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    Book 20

    Rock with Wings
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    3.96     · 11784 Ratings · 1276 Reviews · published 2015 · 26 editions
    Book #2 from the series: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuel…

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    Book 21

    Song of the Lion
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    4.10     · 9874 Ratings · 1005 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition
    Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the…

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    Book 22

    Cave of Bones
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    4.04     · 9589 Ratings · 969 Reviews · published 2018 · 16 editions
    Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Nav…

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    Book 23

    The Tale Teller
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    4.18     · 9018 Ratings · 897 Reviews · published 2019 · 16 editions
    Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn…

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    Book 24

    Stargazer
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    4.21     · 9421 Ratings · 842 Reviews · published 2021 · 18 editions
    Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars…

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    Book 25

    The Sacred Bridge
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    4.21     · 7990 Ratings · 694 Reviews · published 2022 · 11 editions
    "A fine legacy series . . . in the spirit of her l…

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    Book 26

    The Way of the Bear
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    4.18     · 7773 Ratings · 600 Reviews · published 2023 · 7 editions
    Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected l…

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    Book 27

    Lost Birds
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    4.25     · 7254 Ratings · 578 Reviews · published 2024 · 10 editions
    “Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York …

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    Book 28

    Shadow of the Solstice: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel
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    4.25     · 3749 Ratings · 321 Reviews · published 2025 · 7 editions
    An Instant New York Times Bestseller

    “Anne Hillerma…

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    Book 1-3

    The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman
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    4.27     · 762 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 1989 · 18 editions
    Part of a series of Joe Leaphorn Mysteries. Old, b…

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    Book 4-6

    Three Jim Chee Mysteries: People of Darkness / The Dark Wind / The Ghostway
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    4.33     · 418 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1990 · 12 editions
    In People of Darkness, Hillerman's first novel to …

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    Book 7-9

    Leaphorn & Chee: Skinwalkers / A Thief of Time / Talking God
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    4.54     · 125 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Three classic Tony Hillerman mysteries in one volu…

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    Book 7, 9

    The Tony Hillerman Audio Collection: Skinwalkers / Talking God
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    4.29     · 58 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1992 · 1 edition
    Against the sublime beauty of the American southwe…

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    Book 10-12

    Le coyotte attend / Les clowns sacrés / Un homme est tombé
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 edition

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    Book 12-13

    Tony Hillerman Boxed Gift Set: The Fallen Man, The First Eagle
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    4.45     · 33 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
    Hundreds of thousands of devoteeswill cheer the re…

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    Book 12-14

    Leaphorn, Chee, and More: The Fallen Man / The First Eagle / Hunting Badger
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    4.54     · 152 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1998 · 6 editions
    Now available for the first time in one volume are…

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