Longmire

Jun 2015 6

Dry Bones: A Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson

2015 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Rock skipping and fly-fishing. Only in Absaroka County, Wyoming, does that mean skipping rocks to chase turtles away from a body and using a fish-hook to reel it in. Danny Lone Elk has unfortunately met his demise in his favorite fishing spot, nibbled on by the very creatures he championed. Even more inconvenient for Sheriff Walt Longmire is the discovery on Danny Lone Elk’s land of “Jen,” possibly the world’s most important–and valuable–fossilized skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Paleontologists, museums, the U.S. government, Danny Lone Elk’s family, and the Cheyenne Conservatory all contest ownership of the eight-million-dollar prize, but the one with the last word is, inconveniently, the late Danny Lone Elk.

Dec 2014 13

Longmire Resurrection

2014 Articles, Deborah Harter Williams, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Deborah Harter Williams

It’s a new day in Absaroka County, with the old sheriff still in town but coming from another network.
Television is fickle. The show that is the darling one season gets thrown on the slagheap the next. Even the highly rated are not immune; Murder She Wrote, as many of us remember, was cancelled while still in the top 10. Latest on the chopping block—the A&E mystery/western, Longmire.

Nov 2014 1

Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories By Craig Johnson

2014 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Over ten years ago Craig Johnson started to give short stories as thank you presents for his newsletter subscribers. Released every Christmas Eve, his fans began to anxiously await the annual treats. Finally there is a collection of these delightful peeks into the life of Absaroka County, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire. Petunia, Bandit Queen of The Bighorns is the one completely original new story but all will be delightful reminders of Johnson's past gifts to his readers.

Jul 2014 19

TV Mysteries From Down Under

2014 Articles, Deborah Harter Williams, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Deborah Harter Williams

Thank you TV creators of Oz–first and foremost for the treat that is the Miss Fisher Mysteries. Bringing Kerry Greenwood’s Phrynne (pronounced Fry-knee) Fisher to the screen is a marvelous accomplishment. If you turn the sound down and just watch the scenery and the costumes you will be well entertained, but then you’d miss out on the stories that are well-crafted, based on intriguing history and well-acted.

Jun 2014 14

Her Father’s Daughter: Craig Johnson’s Vic Moretti

2014 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

I read The Cold Dish a few years back and thanks to Craig Johnson’s talents as a born storyteller, felt immediately connected to the modern West of his Walt Longmire. Even a reader like me with great appreciation for but little connection to the American West, who has no experience of guns, and who is vastly ignorant of Indian culture and law enforcement techniques finds she is suddenly comfortable and even mildly conversant about all of the former. (Ask me about Sharps rifles sometime.) Longmire’s Absaroka County in Wyoming is so well crafted that readers can just walk into life in the environs of Durant, Wyoming and the Big Horn Mountains bordering the small town.

May 2014 3

Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson & A Behind The Book Interview

2014 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

At any other time, Absaroka County, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire would have been on the first flight to Philadelphia to be at his daughter's side as she gives birth to his first grandchild. Instead, Walt's loyalty has him accompanying his old mentor and former boss Lucien Connally to Campbell County on of a plea to investigate the suicide of another detective. Gerald Holman's widow insists that he was not suicidal, and her years of experience as a court reporter allow her to recognize when the investigating detectives are telling lies.

Oct 2013 19

Spirit of Steamboat: A Walt Longmire Story by Craig Johnson

2013 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Sheriff Walt Longmire is having a rather lonely Christmas Eve in Absaroka County, as his very pregnant daughter, Cady, is grounded in Philadelphia while his girlfriend/significant other, Undersheriff Victoria Moretti, is spending the holiday with her mother in Belize. So Walt is “bacheloring it up” in his office doing his annual holiday reading of A Christmas Carol when he receives an unexpected visitor in the form of an Asian young woman. Evasive about her identity, the woman asks to see the former sheriff and when told that Lucian Connally is not available, requests to see a picture of him before stating that she needs to return something of his.

Jun 2013 3

As the Crow Flies By Craig Johnson, Another Longmire Mystery

2013 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Ted Feit

The thrust of this eighth Walt Longmire novel is two-fold. Walt and his sidekick, the “Bear,” also known as the Cheyenne Nation, are charged with arranging the wedding of Walt’s daughter, a formidable task for the two men.

Jun 2013 1

A Serpent’s Tooth: A New Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson: Review/Interview/Giveaway

2013 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Cynthia Chow

Only in Absaroka County, Wyoming do the duties of Sheriff Walt Longmire include investigating the very helpful handyman angels that seem to be fixing the roof and cleaning out the gutters of one of the County's elderly and "eccentric" citizens. The helpful angel turns out to be less ethereal and more fleet of foot, and Walt is soon on a manhunt for a fifteen year-old pantsless fugitive.

Apr 2013 23

Messenger: A Walt Longmire E-Short Story By Craig Johnson: Review

2013 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

As we continue with the theme of e-books this week, check out our review of a brand new mystery short story by Craig Johnson featuring his popular character from the TV show and books, Walt Longmire. This short story is available today, April 23 as an e-special only for $2.99.