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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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Books By Craig Johnson

Return to Sender: A Longmire Mystery
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
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
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

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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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Recommended Books From Craig Johnson Fans

The Bullet That Missed
Shock Wave
A Body in the Bathhouse
Uniform Justice
Perfect People
1999: An Allie Burns Novel
The Turn of the Key
The Accident
Diamond Dust
Stay Close
The Grave Tattoo
The Story Teller
The Defector
Rhymes With Prey: Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport
Badlands
The Fool's Run
The Heron's Cry
Shake Hands Forever
The Stranger
A Spoonful of Poison
Endangered
Jerusalem Inn
Revelation
The Girls on the Shore: A Detective Matthew Venn Short Story
Corpus Christmas
The Grownup
A Shooting at Chateau Rock
Death of a Travelling Man
Silent Partner
A Room Full of Bones
Then She Was Gone
Beneath the Bleeding
A More Perfect Union
Footloose: MatchUp Collection
Rebus' Scotland
Murder at the Royal Ruby
K is for Killer
Below Zero
Angel's Bidding
Losing You
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
Invisible Prey
Postcards From the Mediterranean
Full Tilt: A Novel
Want You Dead
The Lincoln Lawyer
Blood from a Stone
The Double Comfort Safari Club
Harm Done
Deluge
The Language of Bees
The Part-Time Job
Look Alive Twenty-Five
Death on the Edge: A V.I. Warshawski Short Story
Out of Range
Shattered Silk
A Simple Deduction
The Secret Place
Spin
Death by Deep Dish Pie
Pony Girl
Sacred Clowns: A Leaphorn and Chee Novel
206 Bones
Midnight Come Again
Blood Work
Devil May Care
1979: An Allie Burns Novel
Fallen: A Novel
Breakdown: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Blue on Black
Buried Secrets
The Laughing Buddha: Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren
Therapy: An Alex Delaware Novel
Urn Burial
Eye for an Eye
Suffer Little Children
Legacy of the Dead
Queen of the Night
Full Speed
Don't Let Go
A Taste for Death
Diagnosis Dead
Serpent Gate
Serpent's Tooth
Controller
Day of the Dead
Death of a Greedy Woman
The 7th Month
Paragon Walk
The Woman in Cabin 10
Made for Murders
Hand of Evil
3 Truths and a Lie
Notorious Nineteen
Murder and Mendelssohn
Unseen: A Novel
The Vanishing Point
Evan's Gate
Verdict in Blood
Killing Raven
Proof of Guilt
Verses for the Dead
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
The Job
Prepared for Rage
Four Aunties and a Wedding
Hour Game
Dead or Alive
Death in the Cards
The Boy from the Woods
The Summons
Resurrection Men
The Bride's Kimono
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Deadline
Absolution by Murder
Two Graves
Queen of Hearts
Force of Nature
Birds of Prey
Bloodless
Riviera Gold
Cop to Corpse
The Hallmarked Man
Bark M for Murder
Nobody Walks
Girl
Bethlehem Road
Bless the Bride
Storm Watch
Bad Blood
Sharp Force
The Vinegar Mother
An Impossible Impostor
Purgatory Ridge
The Graveyard of the Hesperides
The Bitterroots
Stagestruck
By Its Cover
Cave of Bones
Outside
Common Murder
A Faint Cold Fear
Full Wolf Moon
A Private Cathedral
Blood on Snow
Rebels and Traitors
Dead Souls
How the Dead Speak
Blood Trail
The Patriarch
The Dead Travel Fast
From a Far and Lovely Country
The Perils of Morning Coffee
A Taste of Life
The Mary Russell Companion
The Man with a Load of Mischief
Black Notice
The Empress File
Faithful Place
Deadly Stakes
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf
Five Christmas Gifts: A Holiday Short Story Collection
The Woman in Suite 11
John Doe: A Rizzoli & Isles Short Story
A Christmas Odyssey
Tularosa
Midnight Sun
O Jerusalem
Copper River
Westwind
The Lighthouse
Agatha's First Case: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Dolores Claiborne
A Question of Identity
Dance of Death
Nine Dragons
A Deeper Sleep
Look Both Ways
The Typhoon Lover
A Death in Vienna
No Graves As Yet: A Novel
Blood and Mascara
The Mephisto Club: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
The Valkyrie Directive
The Lake of Darkness
Skeleton Hill
Joe Country
A Last Goodbye
The Winner
Pros and Cons: A Short Story
The Tooth Tattoo
Sinister Graves
Monster: An Alex Delaware Novel
A Share in Death
Grave Secrets
The Firemaker
To Fear a Painted Devil
Death of a Ghost
The Cellist
Heirs and Graces
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
The 6:20 Man
His & Hers
Murder in My Backyard
The Obsidian Chamber
An Impartial Witness
Upon a Dark Night
The Templars' Last Secret
The Housemaid's Secret
Private Eyes
Everyone Dies
Bootlegger's Daughter
The Shadow Killer
Slaves of Obsession: A William Monk Novel
Murder in Montparnasse
Blacklight Blue
Children of the Storm
Death of a Spy
The Tale Teller
A Slowly Dying Cause
The Modigliani Scandal
Blood Ties
Outsider
Still See You Everywhere
Against the Grain
Escape Clause
He Shall Thunder in the Sky
The Secret House Of Death
Queen of the Flowers
Splinter the Silence
Windy City Blues: V. I. Warshawski Stories
Skin and Bones: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Fatal Legacy
Bruno and Le Pere Noel: A Bruno
Wolf to the Slaughter
The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery
A Perilous Undertaking
Absolute Power
Beating About the Bush
A Lesson in Dying
The Last Mrs. Summers
Empress of the Seven Hills
Dull Knife
The Rising Tide
Cold
Kiss Her Goodbye
A Better Man
City of Bones
Wayfaring Stranger
Edge of Eternity
The House of Unexpected Sisters
The Impossible Fortune
Billy Straight: A Novel
Rage: An Alex Delaware Novel
Raven Black
Twelve Sharp
The Master Falconer
High Country
Bloodlines: Long And Short Stories
Holy Ghost
Revenge in a Cold River: A William Monk Novel
A Necessary End
Full Blast
Deception on His Mind
Last Breath
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
The Dark Wives
The Guy Who Died Twice
Listening Woman
A Christmas Visitor
The Beast: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Ruth's First Christmas Tree
The Bone Orchard
Silent On The Moor
Playing with Fire
To Die For
Miss Kopp Investigates
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
The Doomsday Decree
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House of Death
The Masterpiece
Bonfire Night
Vesuvius by Night
A Casualty of War
The Noble Path
Trial by Fire
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
An Unwilling Accomplice
Search the Shadows
Tie Dyed and Dead
Paradise Lost
Sovereign
The Dark Angel
The Black Ice
My Husband's Wife: A Novel
The Whitechapel Conspiracy
Doors Open
The Return of Raffles

“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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