The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 18 books · 1970 to 2006 · Set in Window Rock, Arizona

Tony Hillerman

Crime and mysteryPolice proceduralRural crime

Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police work cases across the Navajo Nation. Leaphorn leads the first three books, Chee the next three, and from Skinwalkers on they work together.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. The later novels by his daughter Anne Hillerman are left out.

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Leaphorn and Chee

18 books · Set in Window Rock, ArizonaPolice proceduralRural crime
  1. 1The Blessing Way1970With Joe LeaphornBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Dance Hall of the Dead1973With Joe LeaphornBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Listening Woman1978With Joe LeaphornBuy on Amazon
  4. 4People of Darkness1980With Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Dark Wind1982With Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Ghostway1984With Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Skinwalkers1986With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  8. 8A Thief of Time1988With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Talking God1989With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Coyote Waits1990With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Sacred Clowns1993With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  12. 12The Fallen Man1996With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  13. 13The First Eagle1998With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  14. 14Hunting Badger1999With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  15. 15The Wailing Wind2002With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  16. 16The Sinister Pig2003With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Skeleton Man2004With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon
  18. 18The Shape Shifter2006With Joe Leaphorn and Jim CheeBuy on Amazon

Characters

9 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Navajo Tribal Police