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Walt Longmire #21
Return to Sender
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Expected 27 May 25Walt Longmire is back after the escapades of First Frost, and encounters one of his most baffling cases.
The Sheriff of Absaroka confronts a cabal of devious outlaws who are hell bent on getting what they want, even though they have to bend and break the law. Walt is stretched to his physical limits to try to stop them, and has to answer the question of just how far he will go to stop these outlaws. Fans of the series will love seeing Walt put into this almost impossible situation, and new fans will fall for the venerable Sheriff as he ties to uphold the law and his own values in this high-stakes mystery from the master of the Western crime novel.
The Sheriff of Absaroka confronts a cabal of devious outlaws who are hell bent on getting what they want, even though they have to bend and break the law. Walt is stretched to his physical limits to try to stop them, and has to answer the question of just how far he will go to stop these outlaws. Fans of the series will love seeing Walt put into this almost impossible situation, and new fans will fall for the venerable Sheriff as he ties to uphold the law and his own values in this high-stakes mystery from the master of the Western crime novel.
336 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication May 27, 2025
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Craig Johnson
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Craig Johnson an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. . He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.
Johnson has written twelve novels featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire: The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, The Dark Horse (which received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and was named one of Publisher's Weekly's best books of the year in 2009), Hell Is Empty, As The Crow Flies and A Serpent's Tooth. The Cold Dish and The Dark Horse were both Dilys Award finalists, and Death Without Company was named the Wyoming Historical Association's Book of the Year. Another Man's Moccasins received the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best novel of 2008 as well as the Mountains and Plains award for fiction book of the year.
Former police officer; has also worked as an educator, cowboy, and longshoreman.
AWARDS: Tony Hillerman Award for "Old Indian Trick"; fiction book of the year, Wyoming Historical Society, for Death Without Company, Wyoming Council for the Arts Award.
Craig Johnson an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. . He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.
Johnson has written twelve novels featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire: The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, The Dark Horse (which received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and was named one of Publisher's Weekly's best books of the year in 2009), Hell Is Empty, As The Crow Flies and A Serpent's Tooth. The Cold Dish and The Dark Horse were both Dilys Award finalists, and Death Without Company was named the Wyoming Historical Association's Book of the Year. Another Man's Moccasins received the Western Writers of America Spur Award for best novel of 2008 as well as the Mountains and Plains award for fiction book of the year.
Former police officer; has also worked as an educator, cowboy, and longshoreman.
AWARDS: Tony Hillerman Award for "Old Indian Trick"; fiction book of the year, Wyoming Historical Society, for Death Without Company, Wyoming Council for the Arts Award.
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March 25, 2025
3.75 stars
Sheriff Walt Longmire is back. He must be in his 70s by now, but is still dispensing his own brand of stubborn justice. Retirement crosses his mind occasionally, but he's not quite ready.
He leaves Absaroka County to do a favor for his late wife's cousin, who's a Colorado postal official. He has asked Walt to look into the disappearance of a female letter carrier in the wilds of Wyoming on a desolate route. No one has seen or heard from her since although they found her vehicle.
Walt sets out to see what he can uncover and things gets screwy from the start. Somehow, the missing person got involved in a fringe alien abduction tv show years ago. And part of her current postal route takes in an area where a religious cult is allegedly in place, or are they just garden variety scammers taking advantage of lonely elderly people?
This adventure is vintage Longmire, sometimes hilarious, sometimes philosophical, sometimes casually brutal, but always entertaining despite the absence of Walt's usual comrades. There are various unfinished plot threads that may be followed up in the next books. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Sheriff Walt Longmire is back. He must be in his 70s by now, but is still dispensing his own brand of stubborn justice. Retirement crosses his mind occasionally, but he's not quite ready.
He leaves Absaroka County to do a favor for his late wife's cousin, who's a Colorado postal official. He has asked Walt to look into the disappearance of a female letter carrier in the wilds of Wyoming on a desolate route. No one has seen or heard from her since although they found her vehicle.
Walt sets out to see what he can uncover and things gets screwy from the start. Somehow, the missing person got involved in a fringe alien abduction tv show years ago. And part of her current postal route takes in an area where a religious cult is allegedly in place, or are they just garden variety scammers taking advantage of lonely elderly people?
This adventure is vintage Longmire, sometimes hilarious, sometimes philosophical, sometimes casually brutal, but always entertaining despite the absence of Walt's usual comrades. There are various unfinished plot threads that may be followed up in the next books. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
March 7, 2025
Thank you to NetGalley, Craig Johnson, and Viking Publishing for allowing me to read a free ebook in exchange for my honest review.
This series just keeps getting better! I loved everything about this book. The characters were complex and interesting. The situations were engaging and thought provoking. The descriptions of the scenery and action were so graphic and beautiful I felt like I was watching a movie inside my head. The situations that arise in the course of the book bring the reader to consider the moral issues of responsibility for one's fellow human. The combination of moral food for thought and the beautiful prose made this more than just an action novel, hence my five star review. LOVED IT!
This series just keeps getting better! I loved everything about this book. The characters were complex and interesting. The situations were engaging and thought provoking. The descriptions of the scenery and action were so graphic and beautiful I felt like I was watching a movie inside my head. The situations that arise in the course of the book bring the reader to consider the moral issues of responsibility for one's fellow human. The combination of moral food for thought and the beautiful prose made this more than just an action novel, hence my five star review. LOVED IT!
March 5, 2025
My thanks to NetGalley for making an eARC of this book available for me to review.
Walt and Dog have an adventure! Lots going on, chaos at every juncture, more fascinating history lessons from Walt, Walt's extended support group continues to grow, and Walt is pressured to retire. All of that and Walt goes undercover (with varying degrees of success), encounters evil cult leaders, works to save a group of octogenarian cult members, and has more conversations with spirits from his past. Such a good time!
Walt and Dog have an adventure! Lots going on, chaos at every juncture, more fascinating history lessons from Walt, Walt's extended support group continues to grow, and Walt is pressured to retire. All of that and Walt goes undercover (with varying degrees of success), encounters evil cult leaders, works to save a group of octogenarian cult members, and has more conversations with spirits from his past. Such a good time!
March 6, 2025
Return to Sender by Craig Johnson is another well written story set in the Red Desert of Wyoming. When a rural postal worker disappears while on her long route in pretty much the middle of nowhere, Walt Longmire is asked to investigate. As he finds ties to the missing woman and a cult residing in the desert he is off for another adventure. As usual, the characters and location play a big par t in making this series so enjoyable.
March 4, 2025
I was given an ARC copy of this book in return for a review.
Another great read in the Longmire series. This time Walt is hunting for a missing postal worker. A missing person, an other worldly cult, lots of intrigue in this one. Pick up your copy May 2025.
Another great read in the Longmire series. This time Walt is hunting for a missing postal worker. A missing person, an other worldly cult, lots of intrigue in this one. Pick up your copy May 2025.
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