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Recommended by Leah Parker

I recommend the Walt Longmire books by Craig Johnson. Just finished “Hell and Back” and it is outsta

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Books By Craig Johnson

Return to Sender: A Longmire Mystery
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
First Frost: A Longmire Mystery
Messenger: A Walt Longmire Story
Spirit of Steamboat: A Longmire Story
Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories
The Highwayman: A Longmire Story
The Longmire Defense
Divorce Horse: A Walt Longmire Story
Christmas in Absaroka County: Walt Longmire Christmas Stories
As the Crow Flies: A Longmire Mystery
A Serpent's Tooth: A Longmire Mystery
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
Dry Bones: A Longmire Mystery
An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery
The Western Star: A Longmire Mystery
Depth of Winter: A Longmire Mystery
Land of Wolves: A Longmire Mystery
Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery
The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery
Daughter of the Morning Star: A Longmire Mystery
Death Without Company: A Longmire Mystery
Hell and Back: A Longmire Mystery
Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Longmire Mystery
Another Man's Moccasins: A Longmire Mystery
The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery
Junkyard Dogs: A Longmire Mystery
Hell Is Empty: A Longmire Mystery

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Boy howdy! Sheriff Walt Longmire has been featured in over 19 novels and dozens of short stories since Craig Johnson began writing the series. The detective continues to captivate readers with his moral strength, courage, loyalty, and commitment to upholding justice and the law in the fictional Absaroka County in Wyoming. Longmire is a man of few words but possesses keen intuition, which helps him in solving crimes and fighting powerful adversaries. What engages you most in Johnson’s mystery stories? Is it the breathtaking backdrop of the American West? The richly drawn characters of Longmire, his loyal deputies, and the eccentric townsfolk? Or does Johnson’s exploration of redemption and the power of the bonds of community and family keep you coming back? Let’s saddle up and get ready to discuss all things Longmire.

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Recommended Books From Craig Johnson Fans

On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service
A Bird in the Hand
The Museum of Desire
A Certain Justice
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
R is for Ricochet
Lockdown
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued
The Luckiest Woman Ever
Raw Bone
Ammie
One Perfect Couple
Chasing the Dime
Legend in Green Velvet
The Buckshaw Chronicles: Volume 1
FaceOff
A Simple Murder: A Kate Burkholder Short Story Collection
Look Both Ways
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
The Kizuna Coast
A Guilty Thing Surprised
A World of Curiosities
Pegasus Descending
Evan Can Wait
Letters to a Soldier
The Vault
The Fallen Curtain and Other Stories
Triple Jeopardy
Piranha to Scurfy
The Camera Man: A DC Smith Investigation
Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales
Dark Angel
The Thirteenth Rose
A Test of Wills
True Detectives
Knots and Crosses
Lord John and the Private Matter
Cleanskin
The Perils of Morning Coffee
Snakebit: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Need You Dead
A Curious Beginning
The Truth
Murder in My Backyard
Nothing More Dangerous
Wicked Prey
Storm Prey
Why We Die
Master and God
Daughter of the Morning Star: A Longmire Mystery
The Missing Corpse: A Brittany Mystery
Past Reason Hated: An Inspector Banks Novel
Presumed Guilty
The Rottweiler
Paragon Walk
Royal Flush
Out of Range
The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella
The Cabinet of Curiosities
The Lake House: A Novel
The Truth About Melody Browne
F is for Fugitive
Among the Wicked
Bloodhounds
Disappearance of a Scribe
Back Spin
Phantom Prey
Killing with Confetti
The Neon Rain
Nobody Walks
Want to Know a Secret?
No Time for Goodbye
A Game of Fear: A Novel
The Veiled One
A Birthday Lunch
Trace
Besieged: An Outlander Novella
The Hidden One
Death in Blue Folders
The Inmate
The Hyde Park Headsman
Angel of Vengeance
Smoke in the Wind
A Faint Cold Fear
The Ghost Walker
Pitch Dark
One Coffee With
The Skull Beneath the Skin
Invisible Prey
In the Woods
The Tightrope Walker: A Novel
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
The Dark Angel
Buried Prey
Twisted: A Novel
There Goes the Bride
The Walker in the Shadows
The Edge
Rain Gods
A Morning for Flamingos
Barriers to Entry
Saturnalia
Treachery at Lancaster Gate
Crusader's Cross
No Mark Upon Her
Midnight Tango
Less Than a Treason
The List: A Novella
1999: An Allie Burns Novel
The Deep Dark Descending
A Traitor to Memory
Bloodless
A Question of Belief
The Gods of Guilt
Shadow of the Solstice
Dark Corners
The Secret Keeper
Darkest Fear
A Death in Vienna
Death of a Smuggler
Ashworth Hall
Midsummer Night
A Question of Death
The Handsome Man's de Luxe Café
Jupiter's Bones
Cold Comfort: A Novella
The Brutal Heart
Shadows in Bronze
Broken Prey
Dead Wrong
The Return of Raffles
A Chateau Under Siege
The Outcast Dead
Port Mortuary
Thursday's Children
Below Zero
Precious and Grace
The Glass Rainbow
No Safe House
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
Life Sentences
Bloodstream
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
Tamarack County
A Darkness of the Heart
The Lost Island
The Nesting Dolls
The Unlocking Season
A Christmas Revelation: A Novel
The Lion and the Rose
A Place of Hiding
Skin and Bones: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Easy Prey
London Rules
Dangerous Minds
The Master of Blacktower
The Fleet Street Murders
Standing in Another Man's Grave
Hints of Heliose
The Family Remains
Here One Moment
Desolation Mountain
Revelation
Bluegate Fields
Metro Girl
Killing Grounds
The Most Dangerous Thing
The Benefit of Hindsight
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
The Shattered Tree
Not Safe After Dark: And Other Stories
A Christmas Message: A Novel
The Burning: A Novel
Bones Never Lie
Massacre Pond
The Conspiracy Club
Elevation
Gideon's Sword
When the Music's Over
Last Car to Elysian Fields
Waxwork
An Inside Job
Song of the Lion
Christmas Mourning
Shooting at Loons
A Red Herring Without Mustard
The Secret Servant
First Family
A Night Too Dark
Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane
UR
A Banquet of Consequences
People of Darkness
Empress of the Seven Hills
A Stranger in Mayfair
The Subtle Serpent
Widowmaker
Deception on His Mind
The Sixth Man
Death at the Sign of the Rook
Later
Murder and Mendelssohn
The Language of Bees
The Walkers of Dembley
The Drowning Man
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Extraordinary People
Death of a Heretic
Verdict in Blood
The Stargazey
Divine Justice
Stay Close
Bloodlines: Long And Short Stories
The Reversal
Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel
Full Blast
Never Saw it Coming
The Hunt: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Touch & Go
The Killing Hour
Long Range
Blue on Black
Original Sin
As the Crow Flies: A Longmire Mystery
Trial by Fury
In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
Dead Man's Grip
A Question of Betrayal
Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery
Slow Kill
The Wailing Wind
The Old Fox Deceiv'd
Sworn to Silence
The Quiet Side of Passion
Body of Evidence
Clean Break
The House at Sea's End
The Brimstone Wedding
A Winter Grave
Three-Day Town
The Tess Chronicles
A Hanging at Dawn: A Bess Crawford Short Story
A Match Made for Murder
Night Prey
Dublin Murder Squad Mysteries: Books 1-6
Paradise Valley
Diagnosis Dead
Simple Genius
Scratch a Woman
Dark Saturday
The Heist
Away in a Manger
Nowhere to Run
The Granite Coast Murders: A Brittany Mystery
The Golem of Paris
Don't Let Him In
You Will Never Be Me
The Nature of the Beast
The Mysterious North
Love You More
Search the Dark
Not Dead Yet
I'm Not Done with You Yet
Gone Before Christmas: A Charles Lenox Mystery
Birds of a Feather
There Will Be Bodies
No Shred of Evidence
The Department of Sensitive Crimes
Murder on the Ile Sordou
The Girl in the Green Raincoat
Corridors of the Night: A William Monk Novel
Smoke and Whispers
The Love Talker
Rattlesnake Crossing
Murder at the Royal Ruby
The Night of the Lightbringer
In Dark Company: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
The Rope
Predator
A Sleeping Life
The Unheard
Trophy Hunt
Above the Bay of Angels
Sunday Silence
State of Terror
A Judgement in Stone
Black Rainbow
In the Presence of the Enemy
Desert Star
The Maharani's Pearls: A Bess Crawford Story
Iron Lake (20th Anniversary Edition)
Storm Front
A Christmas Promise: A Novel
Before the Poison
Deal Breaker
The Safe Man: A Ghost Story
Act of Mercy
Murder for Love
Death at the Sanatorium

“It would be nice if life weren’t so messy, but that’s just not the nature of things; we want things to be perfect, but most of the time we just spend our existence cleaning up the messes we make – and sometimes the messes of other people, people about whom we care most in the world.”

Craig Johnson, Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
Michael Collins
“Just like C.J. Box, Craig Johnson features Wyoming in a way that makes the place come alive. But for me it’s the characters that really shine. Longmire has to be one of the best modern day detective characters out there. And I love Henry Standing Bear too.”

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