Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 5/23/2018 + 1032 more book reviews

First in the Longmire series, recently made into the TV series. I like both book and TV versions, but they're more like parallel universes...the characters are named alike, but they're not the same people. In this first book, Sheriff Walt Longmire of Absaroka County has to deal with the murder of a young man previously convicted, along with 3 others, of the rape of a Cheyenne girl. But the judge handed down very lenient sentences. Is someone now taking revenge for that? Longmire is still dealing with depression after the death of his wife 3 years earlier, but he's got competent (if disrespectful) deputies and his best friend, Henry Standing Bear. There are some pretty dark things that happen, but there's a lot of humor here as well - and quite a bit of mysticism or maybe you would say spiritualism. Anyway, Longmire himself is especially funny, with a lot of self-deprecating humor. His realization of the squalor he's been living in after a woman comes to visit was laugh-out-loud. This was a re-read for me, and while I didn't remember it well the villain was easy to spot. Good descriptions of the scenery and characters.

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