Longmire defense
The Longmire defense
Craig Johnson
- New York Viking 2023
- xiii, 351 pages 24 cm
- The Longmire series ; book 19 .
Series numeration from www.goodreads.com. Sequel to: Hell and back.
"Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelations of his last case where he confronted the ghosts of his past and questioned the very nature of justice and mercy in the hard country of the West. Deep in the heart of the Wyoming countryside, Sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire, is called to a crime scene like few others that he has seen. This crime brings up issues that go back to Walt's grandfather's time in Wyoming, as the revelations he learns about his grandfather come back to offer clues and motives for Walt's investigation. Filled with back-country action, and with the great cast of characters that readers have come to love with the Longmire series, this new book will be sure to satisfy both long-time readers and those new to the series"-- Deep in the heart of the Wyoming countryside, Sheriff Walt Longmire is called to a crime scene like few others that he has seen. This crime brings up issues that go back to Walt's grandfather's time in Wyoming: the 1940s murder of an accountant. The weapon, a rifle, was never found. As the revelations he learns about his grandfather come back to offer clues and motives for Walt's investigation, he is pushed to his ethical boundaries: the rifle is found-- and belonged to Lloyd Longmire. -- adapted from jacket
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Longmire, Walt (Fictitious character) --Fiction
Sheriffs--Fiction Family secrets--Fiction Grandfathers--Fiction Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--Fiction