The Shape Shifter
Encyclopedia
The Shape Shifter is eighteenth in the Chee
/Leaphorn
Navajo Tribal Police
series of crime fiction
novels by Tony Hillerman
. A New York Times best-seller and the last Chee/Leaphorn novel before Hillerman's death on October 26, 2008.
Jim Chee
Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee wants to be a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studying to be a traditional healer at the same...
/Leaphorn
Joe Leaphorn
Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by American mystery writer Tony Hillerman, one of two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police that feature in a number of novels. The other officer is Jim Chee.- Profile :...
Navajo Tribal Police
Navajo Tribal Police
The Navajo Nation Police is the law enforcement agency on the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States. It is under the Navajo Division of Public Safety. It is headed by a Chief of Police, six Police Captains and eight Police Lieutenants...
series of crime fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
novels by Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman was an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works best known for his Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels...
. A New York Times best-seller and the last Chee/Leaphorn novel before Hillerman's death on October 26, 2008.
Characters
In addition to Chee and Leaphorn, returning series characters include:- Bernadette Manuelito, former Navajo Tribal Police officer and now wife of Jim Chee
- Cowboy Dashee, Bureau of Land ManagementBureau of Land ManagementThe Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
security officer - Captain Largo, Chee's superior officer
- Professor Louisa Bourbonnette, Leaphorn's friend and sometimes housemate
- Jason Delos, Antagonist of the story