AN OBVIOUS FACT by CRAIG JOHNSON (2016; Penguin; 318pp) *** Blurb: In the midst of the largest motorcycle rally in the world, a young biker is run off the road and ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry Standing Bear are called to Hulett, Wyoming—the nearest town to America’s…
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TV Review – LONGMIRE – SEASON 6 FINALE (TV) (2017)
Longmire – Season 6 Finale (TV) (2017; USA; Colour; 72m) **** pr. Brad Davis, Bryan J. Raber; d. Christopher Chulack; w. Hunt Baldwin; ph. Todd Dos Reis; m. David Shephard. Cast: Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips, Cassidy Freeman, Adam Bartley, A Martinez, Zahn McClarnon, Louanne Stephens, Barry Sloane, Graham Greene. Nighthorse’s problems at the casino escalate. Walt gets an unexpected visitor that helps him with is search for…
Book Review – THE HIGHWAYMAN (2016) by Craig Johnson
THE HIGHWAYMAN by CRAIG JOHNSON (2016, Viking, 194pp) ∗∗∗½ Blurb: When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape of the Wind River Canyon, an area the troopers refer to as no-man’s-land because of the lack of radio communication, she starts receiving officer needs assistance calls. The problem? They’re coming from Bobby…
Book Review – DRY BONES by Craig Johnson (2015)
DRY BONES by CRAIG JOHNSON (2015, Penguin, 306pp) ∗∗∗∗ Blurb: When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire’s jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum—until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead, floating face…
Book Review – WAIT FOR SIGNS (2015) by Craig Johnson
WAIT FOR SIGNS by CRAIG JOHNSON (2014, Viking/Penguin, 183pp) ∗∗∗∗ Blurb: Wait for Signs gives Longmire fans a chance to own these beloved stories—and one that was published for the first time in the Viking edition—in a single volume. With glimpses of Walt’s past from the incident in “Ministerial Aid,” when the sheriff is…
Book Review – ANY OTHER NAME (2014) by Craig Johnson
ANY OTHER NAME by CRAIG JOHNSON (2014, Penguin, Paperback, 320pp) ∗∗∗∗½ Blurb: Sheriff Walt Longmire is sinking into a high-plains winter discontent when his former boss, Lucian Connally, asks him to take on a mercy case outside his jurisdiction. Detective Gerald Holman of neighbouring Campbell County is dead, and Lucian wants to know what drove…
Book Review – SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT (2013)
SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT by CRAIG JOHNSON (2013, Penguin, Paperback, 146pp) ∗∗∗∗ Blurb: Sheriff Walt Longmire is in his office reading A Christmas Carol when he is interrupted by a ghost of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar and more than a few questions about his predecessor, Lucian Connally. Walt’s on his own this…