Chee is described physically from Leaphorn's point. The attempt on his life precipitates the investigation that brings him together with Leaphorn to work on the same case.

A police officer whose interest in his heritage is so strong that he is learning to perform a complicated Navajo ceremonial sing, Chee ironically is mistaken for a skinwalker and nearly killed. Three shotgun blasts rip through the side of Officer Jim Chee’s trailer as the Navajo Tribal Policeman sleeps. Jim Chee also appears in his own set of early Hillerman novels. From New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, Skinwalkers is the seventh novel featuring Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Cheea riveting tale of sorcery, secrets, and murder. At the crime scene is a partially completed pictograph. A symbol of Leaphorn's legendary eccentricity and rationalism, the map proves invaluable when it reveals connections between three seemingly unrelated killings. The Navajo Tribal Police investigate the murder of a medicine man. Described in detail is Leaphorn's corkboard-mounted office map of 'Indian Country' with his written annotations and the colored pins with which he marks crime locations. 4.26 avg rating 699 ratings published 1989 16 editions. The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman (Leaphorn & Chee, 1-3) by. Most of all, it is a singular story of how a plain, uncertain man finds his best self.Although Joe Leaphorn dominates three earlier novels - TheBlessing Way (1970), Dance Hall of the Dead (1973), and Listening Woman (1977) - Hillerman adds still more depth to his characterization of Leaphorn in Skinwalkers. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Joe Leaphorn in a frightening investigation that takes them into a dark world of ritual, witchcraft, and blood - all tied to the elusive and evil 'skinwalker.' Brimming with Navajo lore and sizzling suspense, Skinwalkers brings Chee and Leaphorn, Hillerman's bestselling detective team, together for the first time.Finding Moon is many things: a latter-day adventure epic, a deftly orchestrated romance, an arresting portrait of an exotic realm engulfed in turmoil, and a neatly turned tale of suspense. The film version, Skinwalkers, was adapted for television for the PBS Mystery series in 2002. Leaphorn together for the first time in an investigation of ritual, witchcraft, and blood.Three shotgun blasts explode into the trailer of Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. Skinwalkers is the seventh crime-fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by author Tony Hillerman published in 1986. Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.Three shotgun blasts in a trailer bring Officer Chee and Lt.

Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman