Sherrif Walt Longmire has a woman in his jail who is accused of shooting her husband in the head six times after he started the barn with her horses on fire. All the evidence is there but still Walt isn't convinced that she did it. He decides to do some investigation of his own. Everyone agrees that the husband had plenty of enemies but that isn't making it any easier to find the answers as to how the murder happened. Walt finds himself in a small, unfriendly town where it seems that he may get beat up rather than get the answers he is looking for.
Craig Johnson is one of those people who just knows what it takes to tell a story. He weaves another tale of Sherrif Longmire and his friends with Walt searching for justice. There were a few things that I didn't like so well. The narrator kept switching back from the past to present tense. At times, this was very confusing. This is a more minor detail but I would have loved to have had more in the story about Henry Standing Bear, Bea, Walt's daughter and some of the other characters that have become favorites in the past few books. Overall, though, I can't wait for Johnson's next edition in the Walt Longmire series.
Rating - 4.5 stars
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