Walt Longmire

Oct 2022 1

Hell and Back: A Walt Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson: Review/Giveaway

2022 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

When the man wakes up, he doesn’t know his name, where he is, or how he got there. A sign above an Industrial Indian Boarding School informs him that he is in Fort Pratt, but it’s a strangely familiar café waitress who tells him that he is in Montana. A band in the hat he’s wearing seems to indicate that it’s a gift to one Walt Longmire of Absaroka County, Wyoming, while the familiar-feeling gun in his holster is one issued to lawmen.

Oct 2021 23

Daughter of the Morning Star: A Walt Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson: Review/Giveaway

2021 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

“I am a young woman in modern America, living on the Rez – my life is always in danger.” When Jaya “Longbow” Long says this to Absaroka Sheriff Walt Longmire, the high schooler is only speaking the truth. Native women are murdered at a rate ten times higher than the national average, yet the numerous reasons linked to racial and economic disparities are often ignored by the general media. Jurisdiction miscommunications and confusion play a large role in this as well, which is why Lame Deer, Montana, Chief Lono Long has requested/ordered a favor from the Wyoming sheriff.

Nov 2020 7

Next to Last Stand A Walt Longmire Novel By Craig Johnson: Review/Giveaway

2020 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

History is written by the winners. That’s never more apparent than in Absaroka County, Wyoming, where Native Americans have more than a little objection to their portrayal not just in books but in movies, television, and artwork. One of the most well-known has been Custer’s Last Stand, a painting destroyed in 1946 but has lived on in Anheuser-Busch ads. Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire has seen his share of warfare and the murky morality of it, most recently after a devastating rescue in Mexico.

Oct 2016 29

An Obvious Fact, A Walt Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson

2016 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

A request from friend and new Hulett Officer Corbin Dougherty to investigate a suspicious motorcycle accident has Sheriff Walt Longmire and his best friend Henry Standing Bear out of Absaroka County and in Devils Tower, Wyoming. The neighboring Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and its million attendees already overwhelm Hulett's minuscule police force, and the news that the crash victim was a member of the Tre Tre Nomads motorcycle gang could harken to an impending war between clubs.