Eleventh in the Longmire series. I'd suggest starting at the beginning, not because you won't enjoy this book anyway, but because they are really good. The book has everything that makes the series so good - a little broad comedy, dry wit, some spiritual experiences, family ties, good characters and of course, the Wyoming scenery. I'm glad I re-read this series in order, because there's an important story arc happening now, and I will be glad to have the beginnings of it fresh in my memory as I start on the next ones. I think Johnson ought to give poor Cady a break but I know that ain't gonna happen for a couple more books.
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Who owns the dinosaur? The Cheyanne tribe? The Federal Government? The Absaroka County-based High Plains Dinosaur Museum? Or was it Danny Lone Elk, the Native American rancher who owned the land where Jen was found â and who was just found floating in a pond, inadvertently providing a meal for the snapping turtles he was so fond of when alive?
âDry Bonesâ is a typical Walt Longmire mystery â and that is definitely a good thing. Well-developed characters, some of whom we've known for years and others just introduced to us in this novel. All with their own foibles and flaws, and a few with so many that one has to wonder if they even have a good side. Author Craig Johnson also continues a running theme of having lawman Walt Longmire deal with the prospect of the supernatural â DOES he have assistance from a dead tribal member, or is it his imagination?
This book also includes a staple which Mr. Johnson has been including in his books â our protagonists having to deal with natural threats. While this often means some sort of animal menace, âDry Bonesâ instead includes a weather / geography based threat â one which also ends up intersecting with the main plot rather than a momentary diversion.
âDry Bonesâ does divert from the typical Longmire novel in that it introduces a sidebar that is totally separate from the main plot of the book. (I cannot provide any details without introducing a spoiler into this review; the reader will certainly recognize it when it appears.)
Another winner from a talented author.
Rating: 5 stars.
âDry Bonesâ is a typical Walt Longmire mystery â and that is definitely a good thing. Well-developed characters, some of whom we've known for years and others just introduced to us in this novel. All with their own foibles and flaws, and a few with so many that one has to wonder if they even have a good side. Author Craig Johnson also continues a running theme of having lawman Walt Longmire deal with the prospect of the supernatural â DOES he have assistance from a dead tribal member, or is it his imagination?
This book also includes a staple which Mr. Johnson has been including in his books â our protagonists having to deal with natural threats. While this often means some sort of animal menace, âDry Bonesâ instead includes a weather / geography based threat â one which also ends up intersecting with the main plot rather than a momentary diversion.
âDry Bonesâ does divert from the typical Longmire novel in that it introduces a sidebar that is totally separate from the main plot of the book. (I cannot provide any details without introducing a spoiler into this review; the reader will certainly recognize it when it appears.)
Another winner from a talented author.
Rating: 5 stars.
