In this outstanding
first novel, Craig Johnson draws on his background in law enforcement
and his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary
mystery of stunning authenticity, and full of memorable characters.
Walt
Longmire, sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County, knows he's got trouble
when Cody Pritchard is found dead. Two years earlier, Cody and three
accomplices had been given suspended sentences for raping a Northern
Cheyenne girl. Is someone seeking vengeance? Longmire faces one of the
more volatile and challenging cases in his twenty-four years as sheriff
and means to see that revenge, a dish that is best served cold, is never
served at all.
Description:
In this outstanding first novel, Craig Johnson draws on his background in law enforcement and his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, and full of memorable characters.Walt Longmire, sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County, knows he's got trouble when Cody Pritchard is found dead. Two years earlier, Cody and three accomplices had been given suspended sentences for raping a Northern Cheyenne girl. Is someone seeking vengeance? Longmire faces one of the more volatile and challenging cases in his twenty-four years as sheriff and means to see that revenge, a dish that is best served cold, is never served at all.