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I've gotta say, so far, this was my favorite. Getting to know Walt and what he went thru in Nam.
Terrific characters; interesting story with the Vietnam flashbacks. Love the relationships Walt has with his daughter and with The Cheyenne Nation (Henry).
Not one of the better ones though how does one follow up after a good one??? Lol
What a great book. Though a huge fan of the television series, I'd never read any of Craig Johnson's "Longmire Mysteries", but now that I plunged right into the 4th book of the series I can definitely say I'll be reading more. Johnson's style is direct but elegant, his characters well developed and very real, his dialogue crackling and at times hilarious (the exchanges between Walt and Henry, in particular, are sometimes side-splitting). At the same time, he does a fine job peeling back the layers of characters who are at their core very damaged and shaken by the experiences they've had, and a few moments in the novel nearly had me in tears. (Lucian's recollections of his time spent as a POW in Japan-occupied China, in particular, were gut-wrenching.)
When an anonymous Vietnamese girl turns up dead on the side of the highway, Walt is struggling to find out who she was or why she was killed. And even with a range of suspects including the shady bartender at the last place she was seen alive, a pair of shifty local brothers and a mysterious Vietnamese drifter, the biggest mystery Walt may face is why the girl had a picture of Walt himself from his time spent in the Vietnam war, or what she might have to do with a case he solved as an MP back in 1968 that had hit particularly close to home...
Short, fast-paced and exceptional. Do yourself a favor and check out Longmire.
When an anonymous Vietnamese girl turns up dead on the side of the highway, Walt is struggling to find out who she was or why she was killed. And even with a range of suspects including the shady bartender at the last place she was seen alive, a pair of shifty local brothers and a mysterious Vietnamese drifter, the biggest mystery Walt may face is why the girl had a picture of Walt himself from his time spent in the Vietnam war, or what she might have to do with a case he solved as an MP back in 1968 that had hit particularly close to home...
Short, fast-paced and exceptional. Do yourself a favor and check out Longmire.
Sheriff Longmire is back in Wyoming nursing Katie back to health following the devastating attack on her in the last book. This one has parallel plots: one involving a Vietnamese woman whose body was found along a highway, and the other Longmire's experiences as a Marine CID investigator in Vietnam assigned to find the source of some drugs. They begin to merge when Longmire discovers that an elderly Vietnamese was following the woman; he says she was his granddaughter. And then there’s the huge Indian found homeless in an underpass who had also served in Vietnam.
I recommend not starting the series with this book. The development of the characters and their personalities is what drives the series and the intermingling of the Vietnam story with the present day doesn’t always work that well, at least in the audio version. Very ably read by George Guidall.
Well above average police procedural series. However, I continue to think the relationship between Vic, his deputy, and Longmire, is not a path for the author to take. Aside from the March-December aspect, supervisors should never, ever, ever have an intimate relationship with a supervisee. And to make matters worse, Katie is beginning a relationship with Vic’s brother. Tsk, tsk.
I'm reading/listening my way through the entire series
I recommend not starting the series with this book. The development of the characters and their personalities is what drives the series and the intermingling of the Vietnam story with the present day doesn’t always work that well, at least in the audio version. Very ably read by George Guidall.
Well above average police procedural series. However, I continue to think the relationship between Vic, his deputy, and Longmire, is not a path for the author to take. Aside from the March-December aspect, supervisors should never, ever, ever have an intimate relationship with a supervisee. And to make matters worse, Katie is beginning a relationship with Vic’s brother. Tsk, tsk.
I'm reading/listening my way through the entire series