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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
Interesting way the author wrote the book. Every other chapter was from something that happened back in 1972. Walt Longmire was just joining the sheriff's department as a deputy and the story revolved around his taking a trip on a train with a group of other sheriffs and solving the murder of one of them. The rest of the book had Walt in present time going to the capital to testify against the release of a murderer he had put away many years prior. He would show up every few years to make sure the guy did not get released. This time the man was ill and the governor's wife was asking for compassionate release which Walt was opposed to.
It turns out that the man was the same one he had arrested on the train long ago. The story is complicated by someone from his recent past with a vendetta against him trying to hurt him. His daughter is kidnapped near the end and the story is left hanging setting it up for another book.
The present story has his buddy Henry Standing Bear helping him and his former boss, the previous sheriff, accompanying him on his current quest. His girlfriend, and undersheriff, also came with him to the hearing. In the story that takes place many years ago it talks about his relationship with his wife and the problems they were facing then. It felt like you needed to have read some of the prior books in the series to totally understand all that was happening and some of the relationships. Talks about loyalty and dedication to a job and friends and family.
It turns out that the man was the same one he had arrested on the train long ago. The story is complicated by someone from his recent past with a vendetta against him trying to hurt him. His daughter is kidnapped near the end and the story is left hanging setting it up for another book.
The present story has his buddy Henry Standing Bear helping him and his former boss, the previous sheriff, accompanying him on his current quest. His girlfriend, and undersheriff, also came with him to the hearing. In the story that takes place many years ago it talks about his relationship with his wife and the problems they were facing then. It felt like you needed to have read some of the prior books in the series to totally understand all that was happening and some of the relationships. Talks about loyalty and dedication to a job and friends and family.
Audio version very difficult to follow. The book switches time periods with each chapter and the audiobook version does not indicate which period is being narrated.
I assume the print version is much easier to follow.
I assume the print version is much easier to follow.
If you love Walt Longmire, you will not want to miss this one!
Of all the Longmire books this one was my least favorite. However Western Star does share a lot of back story information that adds to the series and for that alone it is an important part of the whole.
Walt Longmire has been in law enforcement for a long time. In Western Star, he is confronted with memories from his first case as a deputy. Walt has made the journey to the capital every four years to appear before the parole board. Partly because of a promise that he made but also because the justice part of his mind doesn't believe that the person responsible for all those deaths long ago should be set free. It soon becomes apparent that there is more to this parole hearing than any before and it is up to Walt to figure out what is going on.
The usual cast of characters help Walt get to the bottom of the crime. In the end, Walt will have to make a decision about right and wrong, regardless of the law.
This is a great series and a good story.
The usual cast of characters help Walt get to the bottom of the crime. In the end, Walt will have to make a decision about right and wrong, regardless of the law.
This is a great series and a good story.
This is part 1 of a series obviously and should be titled as such as a courtesy to the reader. Cliff hangers are ok for TV but for novels?
