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The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery
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The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery Paperback - 2010

by Craig Johnson

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Interweaving classic noir sensibilities and humor with contemporary themes of social justice, Johnson's popular Walt Longmire mystery series transports readers to the sparse and rugged landscape of Wyoming.

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Walt doubts a confession of murder in this novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Cold Dish and As the Crow Flies, the fifth in the Walt Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit A&E original drama series
 
Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love The Dark Horse is the fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mystery series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit A&E original drama series. Wade Barsad, a man with a dubious past and a gift for making enemies, burned his wife Mary's horses in their barn; in retribution, she shot him in the head six times. But Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming's Absaroka County doesn't believe Mary's confession. Leaving behind the demands of his upcoming re-election campaign, Walt unpins his star to go undercover and discovers that everyone-including a beautiful Guatemalan bartender and a rancher with a taste for liquor-had a reason for wanting Wade dead.

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Sheriff Walt Longmire doubts a confession of murder in this novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson

The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+

Wade Barsad, a man with a dubious past and a gift for making enemies, burned his wife Mary's horses in their barn; in retribution, she shot him in the head six times, or so the story goes. But Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't believe Mary's confession and is determined to dig deeper. Unpinning his star to pose as an insurance investigator, Walt visits the Barsad ranch and discovers that everyone in town--including a beautiful Guetemalan bartender and a rancher with a taste for liquor--had a reason for wanting Wade dead.

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  • Title The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery
  • Author Craig Johnson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Publication date 2010-05-25
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780143117315 / 0143117319
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.74 x 5.04 x 0.61 in (19.66 x 12.80 x 1.55 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 920
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Topical: Country/Cowboy
  • Category Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Wyoming
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 07/18/2010, Page 24

About the author

Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit drama series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population twenty-six.

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