Listening Woman
First edition | |
| Author | Tony Hillerman |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Frank Bozzo |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jim Chee / Joe Leaphorn Navajo Tribal Police Series |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Set in | Navajo Nation |
| Published | 1978 Harper & Row |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print and audio |
| ISBN | 0-06-011901-2 first US edition |
| OCLC | 3311741 |
| Preceded by | Dance Hall of the Dead (1973) |
| Followed by | People of Darkness (1980) |
Listening Woman is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the third in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1978. The novel features Joe Leaphorn.
Pursuing what begins as a routine police call, Leaphorn is nearly killed by the driver of a car. He is then entangled in a tense hostage situation in the caves near the San Juan River.
The novel was nominated for the 1979 "Best Mystery Novel" Edgar Award. It was well-received as "a compelling and often chilling book". and noted for "unselfconsciously drawing on the best of two clashing cultures."