A review by edlweiss
Hell Is Empty by Craig Johnson

5.0

Oh wow. I didn't think this solid crime series could get any better, but I think Johnson just upped his game with this entry. What starts off as a prison transfer turns into a fever dream of a chase sequence. Johnson describes the rugged country of Wyoming and the character motivations so well, I'm always willing to overlook a certain amount of implausibility with regards to the situations in which Sheriff Walt Longmire finds himself. There are some seriously terrifying scenes in this novel once Walt gets up into the heart of the mountains. Full to the brim with dread and uncertainty as to what is real and what is imagined, the plot speeds along at the pace of a runaway train. Fantastic crime/western. I can't wait to read the next one.