Imagined crossover · Lawmen of the West
What if Cork O’Connor met Jim Chee?
The Ojibwe sheriff and the Navajo officer. Two lawmen who live between two worlds, each with roots in his own people’s traditions and a duty to the law.
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The pair
Cork O’ConnorFormer sheriff of Tamarack County, later a private investigatorBy William Kent Krueger · Cork O’Connor · first in Iron Lake
Jim CheeNavajo Tribal Police officer studying to be a healerBy Tony Hillerman · Leaphorn and Chee · first in People of Darkness
Chemistry7/10
Friction4/10
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Where and when
The Navajo Nation, around Shiprock
The 2000s
The story
- How they might meet
- A young Ojibwe woman Cork is searching for was last seen at a trading post near Shiprock, on Officer Chee’s patch.
- Why they would work
- Two lawmen who live between two worlds, each with roots in his own people’s traditions and a duty to the law.
- What each brings
- Cork knows how to find people and how far a family will go to hide them. Chee is a trained tracker and a student of Navajo ceremony.
- Where they would clash
- Cork is an outsider here, and Chee is wary of outsiders who think they understand the reservation.
Strengths compared
Cork O’Connor Jim Chee
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Iron LakeWilliam Kent Krueger · 1998 · Cork O’Connor's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- People of DarknessTony Hillerman · 1980 · Jim Chee's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
