Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by the twentieth-century American mystery writer Tony Hillerman. He is one of the two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police who are featured in a number of Hillerman's novels. [1] The other officer is Jim Chee.

The Leaphorn and Chee series is a series of crime fiction and detective fiction novels featuring the Navajo tribal police officers, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee in the main lead. These characters are depicted as serving in the Navajo police force in the southwest U.S.A.

Set in 1971 on the Navajo Nation, the show follows Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and his deputy, Jim Chee, as they navigate a series of complex and interconnected crimes. The storytelling is top-notch, with each episode unraveling layers of mystery and character depth.

The main character in his Navajo series is Joe Leaphorn, and Jim Chee, two officers in the Navajo Tribal police. Hillerman’s first novel and smash success was The Blessing Way (1970), and introduced the universe of the Navajo Tribal police and the character Joe Leaphorn.

Series list: A Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn Mystery (28 Books). A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating.

Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police investigates the murders; Tso's body is mutilated, while Anna's body is unmarked. Leaphorn has a personal history with Anna's family, which he does not disclose to his colleagues.

Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by Tony Hillerman. Leaphorn is a Navajo detective for the Navajo Tribal Police stationed in Window Rock, Arizona. By his first appearance in The Blessing Way, Leaphorn is already a veteran detective for the police and he is …

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...

Joe Leaphorn, a fictional character created by Tony Hillerman, a Navajo detective for the Navajo Tribal Police and is typically stationed in Window Rock, Arizona. Leaphorn’s last name is a reference to the ancient Minoan practice of bull jumping, about which Hillerman was reading as he wrote THE BLESSING WAY.

18 hours ago · Meaghan Darwish, TV Insider Mar 3, 2025 49 mins ago 0 Dark Winds is raising the stakes with its long-awaited third season as the AMC hit once again picks up the story of Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn ...