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Death Without Company: A Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson

5 reviews

katdjz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

horizonous's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Suicide

◦ Animal cruelty = Gun shot wound
◦ Chronic illness = Diabetes, fetal alcohol syndrome
◦ Death = Family member

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Death Without Company is a very interesting book. It starts with Lucien insisting that the dead woman at the retirement community was his wife, and that she was poisoned. Both turn out to be true. 

The investigation into her death goes from complicated to dangerous and back to complicated. Anyone involved in the case seems to be attacked or otherwise in danger of dying, from the granddaughter to the HP officer, from a family practitioner to a retired sheriff. 

As with other Johnson mysteries, the obvious is not the obvious, and there are a few twists involving paternity and who gets to inherit what sort of money, and whether someone is really dead and, if so, who killed them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident

elanorh's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

"Not a mystery reader," but this is the second book in the Longmire series, there isn't "character development" per se, the protagonists' characters are relatively established. They are comfortable to read though, engaging and interesting and this second book's plot line was good for showing their characters to advantage. 

Well written, and good descriptions of the history, culture, social issues in the part of the country described.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Suicide

cnohero's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse