leaphorn, joe, lt. (fictional character)

Navajo Tribal Policeman Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee attempt to unravel a web of tribal politics and murder.

When an old man and a teenage girl are brutally murdered, Lieutenant Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is called in to investigate the murders.

Separate police investigations become closely related when it becomes clear that Henry Highhawk is wanted by others besides the police and is involved in more than grave robbing.

A noted anthropologist arrives at an Anasazi Indian ruin to dig for clay pots and is terrified by what looms out of the darkness. Weeks later she is reported missing. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn unearths a bizarre and mystifying series of murders.

A skeleton found on a ledge of a sacred mountain believed to be the remains of Harold Breedlove, a ranching heir who disappeared years earlier, throws retired Lt. Joe Leaphorn and acting Lt. Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police, back together in an attempt to solve decade-old case.

Lt. Joe Leaphorn and anthropologist Bergen McKee follow the horrifying trail of murder left by the Wolf-Witch.

No one was seriously alarmed by the disappearance of two teenage boys, until Lt. Joe Leaphorn found the splattered trail of blood which lead to a ritually slaughtered victim.

Provides an examination of thirteen novels by mystery writer Tony Hillerman, published between 1970 and 1995, and includes biographical information about the author, a discussion of his contribution to the detective fiction genre, and a bibliography.

Separate police investigations become closely related when it becomes clear that Henry Highhawk is wanted by others besides the police and is involved in more than grave robbing.