Title: The Dark Horse
Authors: Craig Johnson
Publisher: Viking Adult (May 28, 2009)
Format: Audio
Genre: Western Mystery
Source: Library
Series: Walt Longmire #5
I do not know if mildly depressed Wyoming Sheriff’s and Northern Cheyenne Indian’s are usually this funny, but I look forward to each book in the Walt Longmire series for this sole purpose. I am not going to say that Walt Longmire has a death wish, but that man sure can find himself in questionable situations. Who else in their right might would try to go undercover in a town of forty people and not think that there might possibly be a chance of being shot at? Yeah, that should tell you a little about Walt and the sticky situations that he and his best friend Henry Standing Bear, a man who does not use contractions, usually find themselves in.
Mary Barsad is currently in Walt’s jail accused of killing her husband. Now, no one is saying that the man did not need killing; it is just that Walt does not think that Mary did it. She may have confessed, but Walt sees something in Mary and using his questionable judgment goes into the small town of Absalom, a town without pity, to pose as an insurance salesman to sort out the mess.
Walt should have known right off that he was not cutout for undercover work when a young child and his mother, a Guatemalan immigrant with a two-year college degree in criminal justice see right through his disguise. In for a penny, in for ten pounds of bad luck, Walt digs deeper into the whole Barsad story and what he finds out surprised me with a couple of twists and a whole lot of humor.
I truly wonder what dialogue goes on in the head of Craig Johnson when he is trying to figure out what Henry and Walt will say to each other. These two men have history; they have respect and somewhere in their years together, Henry learned that Walt would not always think situations through and because of this he is there with his words and stories to help Walt see the bigger picture –and to save his butt.
Mary Barsad is currently in Walt’s jail accused of killing her husband. Now, no one is saying that the man did not need killing; it is just that Walt does not think that Mary did it. She may have confessed, but Walt sees something in Mary and using his questionable judgment goes into the small town of Absalom, a town without pity, to pose as an insurance salesman to sort out the mess.
Walt should have known right off that he was not cutout for undercover work when a young child and his mother, a Guatemalan immigrant with a two-year college degree in criminal justice see right through his disguise. In for a penny, in for ten pounds of bad luck, Walt digs deeper into the whole Barsad story and what he finds out surprised me with a couple of twists and a whole lot of humor.
I truly wonder what dialogue goes on in the head of Craig Johnson when he is trying to figure out what Henry and Walt will say to each other. These two men have history; they have respect and somewhere in their years together, Henry learned that Walt would not always think situations through and because of this he is there with his words and stories to help Walt see the bigger picture –and to save his butt.
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