“It’s the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson’s lean and leathery mysteries.” —The New York Times Book ReviewWalt journeys into the northern Mexican desert alone to save his daughter Cady, who has been kidnapped by the cartelWelcome to Walt Longmire’s worst nightmare. Winter is creeping closer, but for Sheriff Longmire this one is … closer, but for Sheriff Longmire this one is looking to be harsh in a way to which he is wholly unaccustomed. He has found himself in the remotest parts of the northern Mexican desert, a lawless place where no horse or car can travel, where no one speaks his language or trusts an outsider, far from his friends and his home turf back in Wyoming. But desperate times call for desperate measures. Tomas Bidarte, the head of one of the most vicious drug cartels in Mexico, has kidnapped Walt’s beloved daughter, Cady. The American government is of limited help and the Mexican one even less so. Armed with his trusty Colt .45 and a father’s intuition, Walt must head into the 110-degree heat of the desert, one man against an army.
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This is a series I am going to start reading. Enjoyed the one book I read without knowing the history of the series.
Another masterful, modern-day Western thriller by Craig Johnson!
I started this book last night. Read until I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Woke up and finished it this morning.
It moves forward at a frenetic pace. Especially the second half which could be a template for writing unwavering suspense.
The plot is taut. The prose is lean and mean.
This time out stoic Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is in Mexico. He’s there to rescue his beloved daughter, Cady, who has been kidnapped by Tomas Bidarte. He is the head of a brutal cartel and Longmire and his family have had encounters with him in the past.
Bidarte plans on selling Cady at a horrific auction.
There is NO WAY Walt is going to allow that to happen.
So, with the help of some friends he’s made down there in Mexico, he sets off to accomplish just that.
And we are treated to an edge-of-your-seat, hair-raising thriller with enough action for two or three novels.
I can’t recommend this enough, along all of Mr. Johnson’s stories.
A fine addition to the Longmire canon.
Missed the usual characters that travel with Longmire.
I liked this book, and there were some good new characters, but I so missed the regular cast of characters. That being said, I will read anything Craig Johnson cares to write.
Craig Johnson does it again. His Longmire series is always good. I do like it better in Wyoming,
I’m happier with this book than I was with Western Star. The descriptions are so detailed and so well done that I felt like I was in a Mexican desert dodging bad guys. The characters in this book are astonishing…a blind survivor of thalidomide, a doctor turned narco trafficker turned good guy, a mute Indian who can outrun a car, and on and on. Western Star finished with a cliff hanger…Depth of Winter finishes with great ambiguity. I’m annoyed by the book’s ending, but I’ll get over it.
Gotta love Craig Johnson and Walt Longmire!
I know some people didn’t like it because it was different from most Longmire books, missing the main cast of characters, but I enjoyed it.
This is the most recent book in the Longmire Series, and if you haven’t read them, I highly recommend all of them. This is actually the first of the books I’ve read–the others I listened to via Audible. Either way, this was another great entry, although I would have liked more scenes with Henry Standing Bear.
Not what I expected. The author was well acquainted with the financials services as it pertains to money laundering and the role of the Swiss banker.
More predictable than usual. Still a decent read.
I have read all of the Longmire Mysteries and think this one was more action-packed than any of the earlier ones. It was scary since it took place in Mexican drug cartel territory and described how horrible the murderous cartel is and all of the deaths they are responsible for. Longmire had to succeed because he was on a mission to rescue his daughter, but it had me wondering if this was the final chapter in his fictional life because of all the blood-chilling events that he was involved in.
I loved the book
I missed the other characters though
But it still is one of my favorites
Not up to normal standards. Really didn’t enjoy this book.