![]() He was also executive producer The Dark Wind, which went direct-to-DVD in America. Robert Redford was responsible for three movies which aired on PBS. The Navajo Tribal Police books have been adapted to the screen four times, with some success, but also a feeling of ‘What if?’’ The product deserved more attention. ![]() ![]() If you’ve not read the series, you’re missing out on one of the best police procedurals out there. I wrote a three-part series here at Black Gate about Hillerman and his duo. He wrote eighteen Leaphorn and Chee books between 19, before passing in 2008. His tales of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, members of the Navajo Tribal Police, earned him the honorific of Mystery Writers Association of America Grand Master. The Fly on the Wall is in my Top Ten Novels list. Tony Hillerman is one of my all-time favorite writers. Then, an article came across my FB feed, and yet again – “Ooh. I also re-read the book, and I was up to my elbows in bleakness and inevitable disaster. There I was, writing along on a A (Black) Gat in the Hand post on a movie version of Jim Thompson’s After Dark, My Sweet, for this week’s column. ![]()
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