When Chee is out of bed, three shotgun blasts come through the trailer wall over his bed, tearing apart his mattress instead of him. Jim Chee wakes from restless sleep about 2:30 am, hearing the cat enter through the cat door into his trailer. A New York Times review called this the breakout novel for Hillerman, when sales began to surge and recognition increased.
Joe Leaphorn and young, mystical Officer Jim Chee-without in any way diminishing the stark power and somber integrity that have distinguished previous exploits of the Navajo Tribal Police." The writing is "lively and extremely descriptive" and author Hillerman was "a master of character, scene, and plot". Reviews at the time of publication praised it highly: "Hillerman brings together his two series characters-middle-aged, cynical Lieut. The novel won two awards, the 1988 Anthony Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Spur Award for Best Western Novel.
Then, someone makes an attempt on Jim Chee's life, and the two work together for the first time to solve these crimes. Murders are happening all over the huge reservation, and Lt. The film version, Skinwalkers, was adapted for television for the PBS Mystery! series in 2002.
Skinwalkers is the seventh crime-fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn/ Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by author Tony Hillerman published in 1986. Jim Chee / Joe Leaphorn Navajo Tribal Police Series
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