After an unknown assailant takes a shot at Chee, he and Leaphorn make the link between that incident and some unsolved murders on the Reservation. Like in so much western fiction (see '), the rugged terrain and climate of the area of New Mexico and Arizona feature as importantly as any character or plot device. Both are great guys who anyone would be glad to have on their side in a fight. He works for Joe Leaphorn, the long-serving Chief of the Navajo Tribal Police, who is completely devoted to his job and his wife. Jim Chee is a young, college-educated Navajo, a professional cop and a novice Navajo priest. Each book reinforces the others by strengthening existing threads and weaving in different ones. Originally published in 1986, Skinwalkers was the 7th of Hillerman's 18 well-received novels in the "Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn" series, though chronologically first. Just because a book is a little older doesn 't diminish its Dude Appeal.
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