Depth of Winter

by Craig Johnson

Ebook, 2018

Library's rating

Library's review

I love this series, featuring Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire and his ragtag company of deputies, friends, and acquaintances. I did not love this entry in the series. Walt goes on a solo rescue mission to Mexico, straight into a faceoff with brutal drug dealer Tomas Bidarte, who has already claimed
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several members of Walt's extended family in previous books.

What's not to love?

  1. It's unbelievably, graphically violent.

  2. There's no Henry Standing Bear, no Vic, no Ruby, no smart-alec lady at the local diner, no beautiful Wyoming mountain scenery.

  3. As graphic as the violence was, it was also almost cartoonish, in that Walt and others should have died about four or five times along the way and yet somehow kept getting up and going on.

  4. And after all that, there is still no definite resolution to the ridiculous vengeeance plotline, which will probably continue to rear its ugly, boring head in future books.

I dunno. I still love the series, and I'll read the next one, but I won't be nearly as excited about it as I have been in the past. Hopefully Johnson proves me wrong.
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Description

Welcome to Walt Longmire's worst nightmare. In Craig Johnson's latest mystery, Depth of Winter, an international hit man and the head of one of the most vicious drug cartels in Mexico has kidnapped Walt's beloved daughter, Cady, to auction her off to his worst enemies, of which there are many. The American government is of limited help and the Mexican one even less. Walt heads into the one-hundred-and-ten degree heat of the Northern Mexican desert alone, one man against an army.

Awards

Barry Award (Nominee — Novel — 2019)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2018-09-04
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