Leaphorn and Chee Novel The Fallen Man, Book 12, (Paperback)

from buffalogr

Another excellent mystery novel from Hillerman. When a body is found on Shiprock, (retired?) Leaphorn and (Lt) Chee go into action. The book contains Hillerman trademarks: ingeniously intricate plotting, splendid descriptions of the desert, insights into a venerable culture, and fabulous characte...

from debbieaheaton

In Hillerman's suspense novel, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee return in the authors most intricate and atmospheric novel. The Navajo policemen whose exploits are brough together by the need to know how a man met his death in Shiprock, almost seventeen hundred feet above the desert floor. The Fallen Ma...

from antiquary

Joe Leaphorn, now just retired, and Jim Chee, with Bernie Manuelito, investigate the bones of a man who apparently fell off a cliff years before., and the recent shooting of an old guide.

from tjsjohanna

Instead of following on the heels of 'Sacred Clowns', Mr. Hillerman jumps forward in time enough to find Leaphorn retired, and Chee's latest relationship coming to an end. Ms. Manuelito is introduced, and we get to see Leaphorn as a reluctant PI. The mystery is a good one - misdirection plays a b...

from MrsLee

Lt. Jim Chee is trying to adjust to his new responsibilities and his engagement to Janet. I've never liked Janet. Life seems pretty low-key, investigating cattle theft, identifying skeletal remains and paperwork. That is, until retired Joe Leaphorn enters the picture with questions that beg an an...