Recommendations For Tony Hillerman

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Tony Hillerman then his daughter Anne Hillerman, mysteries set in the Navajo Nation in the Southwest

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Books By Tony Hillerman

The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories
The Spell of New Mexico
Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn
Tony Hillerman's Navajoland: Hideouts
The Fly on the Wall
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth
Kilroy Was There: A Gi's War in Photographs: A G.I.'s War in Photographs
Talking Mysteries: A Conversation With Tony Hillerman
The Best of the West: Anthology of Classic Writing From the American West
The Mysterious West
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
A Thief of Time
Talking God
Coyote Waits
Sacred Clowns: A Leaphorn and Chee Novel
The Fallen Man
The First Eagle
Hunting Badger
The Wailing Wind
The Sinister Pig
The Blessing Way
Skeleton Man
Dance Hall of the Dead
The Shape Shifter
Listening Woman
People of Darkness
Finding Moon
The Dark Wind
The Ghostway
Skinwalkers

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The Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee books, written primarily by Tony Hillerman and continued by his daughter Anne Hillerman, are crime novels set in the American Southwest. The books feature thrilling mysteries to solve and both Tony and Anne are skilled at crafting compelling plots that keep you guessing until the very end. Both authors have been praised for their authentic depiction of Navajo customs, language, and beliefs, as well as their portrayals of Navajo Tribal Police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. What captivates you the most in the books? Is it the blend of mystery, Navajo culture and the scenic settings? Or do the Native American characters engage you most? What aspects of Tony’s books do you enjoy most? Have you read any of Hillerman’s other books such as Finding Moon or The Fly on the Wall? Let’s discuss!

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Recommended Books From Tony Hillerman Fans

You Are Dead
Midnight Escape
Keeping Watch
Taking the Fifth
To Track a Traitor
Drawing Conclusions
Acqua Alta
Murder on Vacation
Career of Evil
An Old Betrayal
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
The Children Return
Gathering Prey
Macbeth: William Shakespeare's Macbeth Retold
The Murder Book
Blonde Hair
In the Moon of Red Ponies
Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel
Waxwork
From Potter's Field
No Fixed Line
A Dedicated Man
Last to Die
Blue Lightning
Down a Dark Road
Exit Wounds
Abattoir Blues
Fleshmarket Close
Suicide Run
Royal Blood
Now or Never
Portrait of a Spy
As the Pig Turns
The Dead Ringer: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
The Templars' Last Secret
The Crossing Places
The Crowded Grave
Bones of the Lost
Wings of Fire
Her Royal Spyness
Dance Hall of the Dead
G is for Gumshoe
Kaleidoscope
Agatha Raisin and The Case of the Curious Curate
Blue Heaven
Spin
The Red Door
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
Hand of Evil
Piece of My Heart: An Inspector Banks Novel
Sacred Clowns: A Leaphorn and Chee Novel
Necessary as Blood
The Language of Bees
Mad River
A Taste for Vengeance
The Kate Shugak Investigations: Books 1-9
Common Murder
Tricky Twenty-Two
Paradise Valley
Death Du Jour
An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery
Rock with Wings
A Christmas Guest
Stately Holmes
Broken Harbor
Heartstone
Remaindered
Body Double
Down the Hatch: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Whisper to the Blood
Death of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel
How to Raise an Elephant
Three Hands in the Fountain
Body of Evidence
An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery
Agatha Raisin and Tthe Haunted House
Autopsy
House of Correction
A Taint in the Blood
Tuesday's Gone
H is for Homicide
The Madness of Crowds
Proof of Guilt
Original Sin
Fool's Bluff
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
Bloodstream
Shadows Reel
Midnight Sun
The Dark Angel
Death in a Darkening Mist
The Apprentice: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Honor & . . .(MatchUp Collection)
An Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel
The Vicious Vet
Many Rivers to Cross
See Delphi and Die
Killer Market
The Man Who Fell from the Sky
The Dark Hours
One-way Tickets: A Case For Willows and Lane
The Joy and Light Bus Company
Restless in the Grave
Murder in Paradise
A More Perfect Union
The Shadow Side
Twenty-one Days
People of Darkness
Twisted Prey
The Good
The Gods of Guilt
Night over Water
The Rags of Time: A DC Smith Investigation
Three Debts Paid
Deborah's Judgment: A Deborah Knott Short Story
Dead If You Don't
Moriarty
The Winners' Circle
Lamentation
Thursday's Children
Seeing a Large Cat
The Singing Sands
M is for Malice
Full Bloom
K is for Killer
A Dying Light in Corduba
The Tightrope Walker: A Novel
A Capitol Death
Fugitive Colors
Collateral Damage
Skeleton Man
Paradise Lost
A Necessary End
Death by Water
Death of a Liar
The Investigator
Hot Six
Hidden Depths
Dead Man's Chest
Open Season
A Silent Death
Still Dead: A J.P. Beaumont Novella
Death of a Scriptwriter
The Body in the Castle Well
The Bone Code
Wings of the Falcon
Badlands
Deadly Appearances
T is for Trespass
The Pact: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Trace
A Christmas Journey
Jerusalem Inn
Cold Betrayal
Catch Me When I Fall
The Western Star: A Longmire Mystery
The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime
Take Out
Baby Doll Games
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
Switchblade
Hour of the Hunter
An Impartial Witness
Death of an Honest Man
The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
Messenger of Truth
Stranded
Leave the Grave Green
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
Resurrection Row
Cooking the Books
Going Rogue
The Hangman
Now You See Them
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
The Bat
The Man in Black and Other Stories
Moscow Rules
What Child Is This
Case Histories
Cave of Bones
Invisible Prey
The Black Tower
Death of a Travelling Man
Junkyard Dogs: A Longmire Mystery
Thunder Bay
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
Summer Rain: An Inspector Banks Short Story
The Fourth Enemy
Time to Depart
Beginnings: A Kate Martinelli Novella
The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche
Fallen: A Novel
Hid from Our Eyes
Angels Flight
Death of a Nurse
Invitation to Die: A Short Story of Falco's Rome
Rough Country
The Jewels of Paradise
Dixie City Jam
The Wailing Wind
Cockroaches
Dark Sky
The Burnt House
The Coldest Case
Until Proven Guilty
Death at the Chateau Bremont
Force of Nature
The Big Kahuna
Kick Back
The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series
Flash and Bones
Play with Fire
With a Mind to Kill: A James Bond Novel
Framed in Fire
Back to the Garden
The Course of Honour
Spirit of Steamboat: A Longmire Story
Rituals of the Season
Messenger: A Walt Longmire Story
The Drop
Kingdom of the Blind
The Complaints
The Potted Gardener
Killing Time: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
A Good Hanging
Bark M for Murder
A Lonely Death
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
Death of a Macho Man
Shooting at Loons
Evanly Choirs
Death of a Charming Man
The Murder of Mary Russell
The Bullet That Missed
Injustice for All
Faithful Place
Dead Man's Footsteps
The Midnight Feast
Night Gate
Safe Before Dawn
The Tick of Death
The Key to Rebecca
Gone: An Alex Delaware Novel
The Deadly Dance
Ammie
The Night Fire
A Rule Against Murder
Past Lying
Agatha Raisin and The Fairies of Fryfam
The Dead Sea Cipher
A Question of Betrayal
Faith
Night of the White Buffalo
I is for Innocent
Cold Is the Grave: An Inspector Banks Novel
The Hanging Garden
Silent Partner
Death of a Witch
Third Twin
The Laws of Murder
How the Light Gets In
A Fatal Thaw
1979: An Allie Burns Novel
I Shall Not Want
Vicious Circle
Monster: An Alex Delaware Novel
State of Terror
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
One Of Us Is Dead
The Handsome Man's de Luxe Café
Dakota
Blindfold Game
Unfinished Business
Smoke and Murders
Dust
A Refiner’s Fire
The Truth
The Impossible Dead
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories
Roxanne: A Kings Lake Investigation
The Evening and the Morning
O Jerusalem
The Ritual Bath
Songbird: A Kings Lake Investigation
The Case Has Altered: A Richard Jury Mystery
Look Alive Twenty-Five
Shamed
Code to Zero
A Question of Blood
Feast Day of Fools
A Cruel Deception
Out of the Deep I Cry
Death of a Gentle Lady
A Dangerous Place
The Butcher's Theater
The Careful Use of Compliments
A Christmas Homecoming

“Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him.”

Tony Hillerman, The Ghostway
K.L. Kim
“For readers interested in mystery stories that will immerse you in a culture and geography you may not be familiar with, I highly recommend Tony Hillerman’s books. Great crime stories, great main characters, and set within the Navajo Nation. And his daughter Anne’s books are really good too!”

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