Dry Bones

by Craig Johnson

Ebook, 2015

Library's rating

Library's review

An excellent entry in the Walt Longmire series, as the sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, is confronted with a mystery involving dinosaur fossils, disputed ownership of said fossils, a missing paleontologist, and a weenie U.S. attorney. Walt's personal life takes a dark turn that nonetheless sets
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up the potential for some improved storylines on that front going forward.
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Description

Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Western. HTML:Walt investigates the death elderly Cheyenne Danny Lone Elk and runs into problems on site of a dinosaur fossil discovery�from the New York Times bestselling author of Land of Wolves   When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire�s jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum�until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead, floating face down in a turtle pond. With millions of dollars at stake, a number of groups step forward to claim her, including Danny�s family, the tribe, and the federal government. As Wyoming�s Acting Deputy Attorney and a cadre of FBI officers descend on the town, Walt is determined to find out who would benefit from Danny�s death, enlisting old friends Lucian Connolly and Omar Rhoades, along with Dog and best friend Henry Standing Bear, to trawl the vast Lone Elk ranch looking for answers to a sixty-five-million-year-old cold case that�s heating up fast.… (more)

Media reviews

The Strand Magazine
Many other authors with eleven books into a series would be hitting a slump...Not so with Johnson and the richly textured landscape - and crime-scape - of Absaroka County...Johnson always tells a compelling story, and Dry Bones is no different...

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2015-04-21
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