Hillerman
Americannoun
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Created by Graham Roland, the AMC and AMC+ crime thriller is based on the “Leaphorn & Chee” novel series by Tony Hillerman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The show also starred John Hillerman as the stuffy British army veteran Higgins, who manages the estate that Magnum uses as his base.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2022
So Season 1 of "Dark Winds" is mostly focused with on the Tony Hillerman novel "The Listening Woman," which was originally published in 1978.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2022
McClarnon plays Joe Leaphorn, a veteran officer of the Navajo Tribal Police and one half of the Indigenous crime-solving duo Leaphorn & Chee, the protagonists of a long-running series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
The frightened Hillerman licked his fat lower lip as he sought for words.
From The Clean and Wholesome Land by Ralph Sholto
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