The Leaphorn & Chee series takes you on thrilling adventures with Navajo tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. You’ll love watching them solve crimes using a unique blend of Navajo traditions and modern detective work. Each book is packed with suspense and rich cultural details, making it hard to put down. Perfect for anyone who enjoys mystery series that offer a deeper connection to heritage and place.

27 books

The Blessing Way

Book 1Published 1970

The Blessing Way

by Tony Hillerman

Witchcraft seems to be involved in the death of a Navajo whose body has been found in Many Ruins Canyon, and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is charged with the task of solving the crime. Reissue. Read more

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Dance Hall of the Dead

Book 2Published 1973

Dance Hall of the Dead

by Tony Hillerman

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Listening Woman

Book 3Published 1978

Listening Woman

by Tony Hillerman

Don't Miss the AMC television series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, coming this summer!  "Hillerman's mysteries are special . . . Listening Woman is among the best."-- Washington Post The third novel in New York Times... Read more

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People of Darkness

Book 4Published 1980

People of Darkness

by Tony Hillerman

Officer Jim Chee is drawn into his Navajo heritage as he investigates the bizarre theft of a box of trinkets--a theft that endangers his life as well as the life of a young schoolteacher Read more

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The Dark Wind

Book 5Published 1982

The Dark Wind

by Tony Hillerman

The corpse had been "scalped," its palms and soles removed after death. Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police knows immediately he will have his hands full with this case -- a certainty that is supported by the disturbing occurrences to follo... Read more

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The Ghostway

Book 6Published 1985

The Ghostway

by Tony Hillerman

Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One dies. The other drives off into the dry lands of the Big Reservation, but not before he shows the old Navajo a photo of the man he seeks. This is all Tribal Policem... Read more

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Skinwalkers

Book 7Published 1986

Skinwalkers

by Tony Hillerman

Three shotgun blasts rip through the side of Officer Jim Chee’s trailer as the Navajo Tribal Policeman sleeps. He survives, but the inexplicable attack has raised disturbing questions about a lawman once beyond reproach. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn wonde... Read more

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A Thief of Time

Book 8Published 1988

A Thief of Time

by Tony Hillerman

Chilling discoveries unearthed at a dig for Navajo clay pots bring Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee to the site and put them on the trail of stolen artifacts, a disappearing woman, and bizarre and mystifying murders Read more

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Talking God

Book 9Published 1989

Talking God

by Tony Hillerman

Tribal police officer Jim Chee and Lt. Joe Leaphorn find themselves working side by side when Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk is arrested for robbing Native American graves--and possibly for murder. Reissue. Read more

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Coyote Waits

Book 10Published 1990

Coyote Waits

by Tony Hillerman

Jim Chee is torn between his role as the prosecution's star witness against the man charged with killing his best friend and his own investigation of the crime. Reprint Read more

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Sacred Clowns

Book 11Published 1993

Sacred Clowns

by Tony Hillerman

Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn solve a crime that involves the murder of a Pueblo tribal official, the death of a schoolteacher, and the disappearance of a tribal memento. By the author of Coyote Waits. 400,000 first printing. $350,000 ad/promo. Tour. Read more

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The Fallen Man

Book 12Published 1996

The Fallen Man

by Tony Hillerman

Investigating the discovery of a skeleton at one of the holiest places in Navajo religion, Jim Chee and the newly retired Joe Leaphorn realize that the body is that of a missing person from one of Joe's long-unsolved past cases. 350,000 first printin... Read more

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The First Eagle

Book 13Published 1998

The First Eagle

by Tony Hillerman

They very plague that decimated Europe in the fourteenth century lurks today in the high, dry land of the American Southwest. But Navajo Tribal policeman Jim Chee and his mentor, Joe Leaphorn, discover an even deadlier killer stalking the reservation... Read more

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Hunting Badger

Book 14Published 1999

Hunting Badger

by Tony Hillerman

Navajo crimebusters Leaphom and Chee are back together on a case, and at odds with the FBI over a backcountry manhunt in this latest thrilling addition to Tony Hillerman's best-selling series. In 1998 three heavily armed "survivalists" came out of th... Read more

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The Wailing Wind

Book 15Published 2002

The Wailing Wind

by Tony Hillerman

Officer Bernadette Manuelito found the dead man slumped over in the cab of a blue pickup abandoned in a dry gulch off a dirt road—with a rich ex-con's phone number in his pocket ... and a tobacco tin nearly filled with tracer gold. It's her initial m... Read more

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The Sinister Pig

Book 16Published 2003

The Sinister Pig

by Tony Hillerman

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Skeleton Man

Book 17Published 2004

Skeleton Man

by Tony Hillerman

Hailed as "a wonderful storyteller" by the New York Times, and a "national and literary cultural sensation" by the Los Angeles Times, bestselling author Tony Hillerman is back with another blockbuster novel featuring the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leap... Read more

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The Shape Shifter

Book 18Published 2006

The Shape Shifter

by Tony Hillerman

"Retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is called upon once again to solve a crime. This time it's Joe's last case, a case that remains unsolved and contines to haunt him."--From source other than the Library of Congress Read more

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Spider Woman's Daughter

Book 19Published 2013

Spider Woman's Daughter

by Anne Hillerman

It happened in an instant. After a breakfast with colleagues, Navajo Nation Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito sees a sedan careen into the parking lot and hears a crack of gunfire. When the dust clears, someone very close to her is lying on the asp... Read more

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Rock with Wings

Book 20Published 2015

Rock with Wings

by Anne Hillerman

Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!   Amazon Best Mystery of 2015 Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn,... Read more

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Song of the Lion

Book 21Published 2017

Song of the Lion

by Anne Hillerman

A deadly bombing takes Navajo Tribal cops Bernadette Manuelito, Jim Chee, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, back into the past to find a vengeful killer in this riveting Southwestern mystery from the bestselling author of Spide... Read more

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Cave of Bones

Book 22Published 2018

Cave of Bones

by Anne Hillerman

A New York Times Bestseller Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Navajo traditions, and the evocative landscape of the desert Southwest in this intriguing entry in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series. When Tribal Police Officer Bernade... Read more

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The Tale Teller

Book 23Published 2019

The Tale Teller

by Anne Hillerman

Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric mystery from ... Read more

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Stargazer

Book 24Published 2021

Stargazer

by Claudia Gray

The vampire in me was closer to the surface . . . Evernight Academy: an exclusive boarding school for the most beautiful, dangerous students of all—vampires. Bianca, born to two vampires, has always been told her destiny is to become one of them. But... Read more

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The Sacred Bridge

Book 25Published 2022

The Sacred Bridge

by Anne Hillerman

Don't miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fine legacy series . . .  in the spirit of her late father, Tony."--Booklist  An ancient mystery resurfaces ... Read more

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The Way of the Bear

Book 26Published 2023

The Way of the Bear

by Anne Hillerman

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected love and murder combine in this gripping new installment of New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman's Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series. An unexpected death on a lo... Read more

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Lost Birds

Book 27Published 2024

Lost Birds

by Anne Hillerman

"Anne Hillerman is a star."--J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series involving several emotionally complex cases tha... Read more

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