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| Author | Tony Hillerman |
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| Cover artist | Peter Thorpe |
| Language | English |
| Series | Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police Series |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Set in | Navajo Nation in Southwestern United States |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print and audio |
| Pages | 294 |
| ISBN | 0-06-017773-X |
| OCLC | 35212753 |
| Preceded by | Sacred Clowns (1993) |
| Followed by | The First Eagle (1998) |
The Fallen Man is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the twelfth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1996.
A group of mountain climbers discover a corpse on Shiprock. Retired Joe Leaphorn and Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee work together, as Leaphorn recalls an old missing person case. Captain Largo is concerned with the theft of cattle, which case introduces Officer Bernadette Manuelito.