Andrew K. (kuligowskiandrewt) - , reviewed on 4/27/2017 + 569 more book reviews

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.

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