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The Cold Dish

A Walt Longmire Mystery

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The Cold Dish

Written by: Craig Johnson
Narrated by: George Guidall
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Introducing Wyoming's Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Dry Bones, the first in the Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire.

Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr, and Robert B. Parker will love this outstanding first novel, in which New York Times best-selling author Craig Johnson introduces Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming's Absaroka County. Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, full of memorable characters. After 25 years as sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire's hopes of finishing out his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Two years earlier, Cody has been one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl. Somebody, it would seem, is seeking vengeance, and Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys and a Sharps .45-70 rifle.

With lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and a cast of characters both tragic and humorous enough to fill in the vast emptiness of the high plains, Walt Longmire attempts to see that revenge, a dish best served cold, is never served at all.

©2004 Craig Johnson (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Native American Wyoming

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What the critics say

"A strong sense of place, a credible plot, and deft dialogue lift Johnson's good-humored debut novel." (Publishers Weekly)
"Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, knows the Western landscape well, and creates stunning and violent scenes of the Rocky Mountains." (Bookmarks)
"We in the West have a major new talent on our hands." (The Denver Post)
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Great novel and great characters that you fall in love with. Love George Guidall and the audio life he gives to the characters. When I read the books, his voices are the one that I speak in my head.

Caution! It’s a gateway drug into the series!

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it is a good listen,but I liked reading it more
and I really grew to like the naration

loved reading this author

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I greatly enjoyed every minute of the story and I can't wait to start the next.

Oh my! This is how to tell a story

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Loved it. Great storyline and it felt like I was there in Wyoming, and I think I'm a little in love with Walt Longmire.

Fantastic start to an amazing series

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This is a much darker story than I'd expected from watching the television series. It reminded me much more of "No Country for Old Men" than anything else.

A very dark, cold novel

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