Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 8/12/2018 + 1031 more book reviews

#5 in the Longmire series and another excellent read. A woman prisoner is transferred into the Absaroka County jail. She's confessed to killing her husband, who burned her horses alive in their barn. But Longmire's intuition tells him something isn't quite right, the guy who transferred the woman also says something's not quite right, and so Longmire takes it on himself to go undercover and find out more. The tiny town where it all happened has more than its share of secrets, and things not so secret. Told with a lot of back and forth between past and present, but obvious when it shifts. It's mostly Longmire on his own in this one although Henry Standing Bear shows up to help out once again. There's humor as always - Longmire's undercover act lasts about 5 minutes, and Henry's excuse for appearing is also pretty amusing. I really like how Johnson has made Longmire into such a thoughtful character; he is very observant and doesn't leap to conclusions. The sense of place is, as always, very evocative. The ending - on the mesa in the middle of the night, a dark horse appearing - was particularly suspenseful.

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