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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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Recommended by Hailey Perry

Highly recommend Sheriff Longmire series by Craig Johnson. He’s a sheriff in Wyoming. There’s a tele

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Books By Craig Johnson

Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
First Frost: A Longmire Mystery
The Longmire Defense
Divorce Horse: A Walt Longmire Story
Christmas in Absaroka County: Walt Longmire Christmas Stories
Messenger: A Walt Longmire Story
Spirit of Steamboat: A Longmire Story
Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories
The Highwayman: A Longmire Story
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
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

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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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Nevada Barr’s Anna Pigeon Mysteries Series is excellent! Compelling characters, great settings, grip

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Recommended Books From Craig Johnson Fans

The Old Success: A Richard Jury Mystery
This Is Why We Lied: A Will Trent Thriller
Flesh and Blood
Splinter the Silence
The Travelling Companion
Highgate Rise
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief
The Beast: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
One Fatal Flaw
Dull Knife
I
Edge of Evil
Killer Market
The Last Word
After the Storm
Crocodile on the Sandbank
The Ghost of Christmas Past
End of the Pier
The Fly on the Wall
Thin Air
Blood Will Tell
Crowned and Dangerous
The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
The Defector
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
The Deeds of the Disturber
Endangered
A Cry in the Night
Bloodstream
Gone Girl
The Face of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel
Dead Man's Time
The Spirit Woman
The Devil's Code
The Bullet That Missed
Resistance
Junkyard Dogs: A Longmire Mystery
Jolie Blon's Bounce
Billy Straight: A Novel
Twelve Sharp
Hot to Trot: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
The Singing Sands
G is for Gumshoe
A Cool Head
Blood from a Stone
Rock with Wings
The Distant Hours
Blind Justice: A William Monk Novel
The Quality of Mercy
Denial
A Killing of Innocents
A Traitor to Memory
We Solve Murders
The Man with No Face
One for the Money
Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Lay Down the Law
The Vanishing Man
Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel
The Crossing
Search the Dark
The Dark Hours
See Delphi and Die
Mortal Causes
Death on the Edge: A V.I. Warshawski Short Story
Hallowed Ground: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
A Body in the Bathhouse
Red Bones
A Question of Belief
A Taste for Vengeance
Mind Prey
Dead If You Don't
Wild Fire
Justice Denied
Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Dead Right
Slow Dollar
Unnatural Causes
Elegy for Eddie
H is for Homicide
Fatal Pursuit
The Narrows
The Raging Storm
A Death in Vienna
The Secret Keeper
In Dark Company: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Bruno's Challenge and Other Stories of the French Countryside
Death of a Chimney Sweep
Farriers' Lane
Evanly Bodies
Summer Rain: An Inspector Banks Short Story
Saints of the Shadow Bible
A New York Christmas: A Novel
Bluegate Fields
Body Double
A Dedicated Man
Sunday Silence
Death of an Addict
Curious Minds
Playing With Fire
The Retribution
Ordinary Grace
Back to the Garden
The Shifting Tide: A William Monk Novel
Sons of the Wolf
A Birthday Lunch
The Sea King's Daughter
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
The Last Remains
The Curse of La Fontaine
Ruth's First Christmas Tree
In Dublin's Fair City
The Shadow Side
Treasure State
Time to Depart
At the Scene of the Crime
Grave Secrets
Treachery at Lancaster Gate
Until Proven Guilty
Dismissed with Prejudice
High Country
Triptych: A Will Trent Novel
The Western Star: A Longmire Mystery
A Simple Deduction
The Evening and the Morning
Queen of the Night
Evans Above
The Grownup
Capital Crimes: A Novel
Police: A Harry Hole Novel
Hide and Seek
Web of Evil
In Plain Sight: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Bones of the Lost
Luck and Judgement: A DC Smith Investigation
Tell Me
Tuesday's Gone
Holy Ghost
Stolen Prey
Oh Danny Boy
Hellbender: A Novella
Metro Girl
The Dark Vineyard
The Falls
The Fool's Run
Royal Flush
Devil's Claw
The Burning
Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy
Missing Pieces: A Kings Lake Investigation
Out of Bounds
Listening Woman
Death of an Honest Man
Precious Cargo: A Story from Birds of Prey
The Shape of Night
Twisted Prey
Death in a Strange Country
Void Moon
The Disappeared
Skeleton Man
Winterkill
The Cater Street Hangman
A Royal Pain
Disappearance of a Scribe
Rituals of the Season
The Wandering Soul Murders
Southern Cross
So Shall You Reap
T is for Trespass
The Survivors
The Red Room
The Murder Stone: A Novel of Suspense
Devil's Delight: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
An Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel
Trunk Music
The Way of the Bear: A Mystery Novel
Look Alive Twenty-Five
The Ghost Orchid: An Alex Delaware Novel
Though Not Dead
The Lamorna Wink
Not Safe After Dark: And Other Stories
The Modigliani Scandal
The Rose Arbor
Bleeding Hearts
Leaving Time
The Last Mrs. Summers
Fatal Legacy
A Christmas Hope: A Novel
Beating About the Bush
Liberty Falling
Fortune and Glory
Night Work
Growth Marks
No Shred of Evidence
Dressed for Death
Seeing a Large Cat
Evan's Gate
A Great Deliverance
The Mysterious West
Tombstone Courage
Flags on the Bayou
A Share in Death
Plum Lovin'
Death of a Liar
The Vicious Vet
Killjoy
Big Sky
The Drop
Believing the Lie
From Potter's Field
Five Christmas Gifts: A Holiday Short Story Collection
The Mysterious North
The Proof of the Pudding
Listen to Me
Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes
The Legacy
House of Correction
The Stranger Diaries
God Rest Ye
Shroud for a Nightingale
A Death in the Small Hours
The Silent Girl
What Child Is This
Royal Blood
The Golden One
The Bone Garden
The Ghost Fields
False Witness: A Novel
A Place of Execution
A Darkness of the Heart
A Place of Hiding
Agatha's First Case: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
The Seventh Sinner
Set in Darkness
The Zig Zag Girl
Wicked Business
Full House
No Mark Upon Her
Death of a Prankster
The Punishment She Deserves
The Frozen People: An Ali Dawson Mystery
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
The Levee
The Patriarch
State of Terror
Thursday's Children
Heirs and Graces
Disaster at the Vendome Theater
Death of a Hussy
Full Speed
Standing in the Shadows
The Chessmen
Diamond Solitaire
The Skeleton Road
The Falcon at the Portal
Surfacing
The Spy Coast
The Comfort of Ghosts
Other Worlds
Blonde Hair
Harvest
The Highway
Beekeeping for Beginners
Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella
The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel
A Christmas Garland
Love and Other Crimes
Edge of Eternity
The Hunter
The Shadow Killer
The Unlocking Season
In a Dark
Double Homicide
The Perfect Murder
Innocent Blood
The Dry
Murder at the Mendel
Frozen: A Vera Stanhope Short Story
The Knowledge: A Richard Jury Mystery
I is for Innocent
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
Honor & . . .(MatchUp Collection)
Swan Peak
Body Work: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Cop to Corpse
The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale
Agatha Raisin and Tthe Haunted House
The Last Coyote
The Blue Last
The Man with a Load of Mischief
The Sentence is Death
Whiteout
The Summons
The Lake House: A Novel
The Jupiter Myth
Three Debts Paid
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Keystone

“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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