AS THE CROW FLIES: A Walt Longmire Mystery
Craig Johnson
Embarking on his eighth adventure, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't have time for cowboys and criminals. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in two weeks, and the wedding locale arrangements have just gone up in smoke signals. Fearing Cady's wrath, Walt and his old friend Henry Standing Bear set out for the Cheyenne Reservation to find a new site for the nuptials. But their expedition ends in horror as they witness a young Crow woman plummeting from Painted Warrior's majestic cliffs. Is it a suicide, or something more sinister? It's not Walt's turf, but he's coerced into the investigation by Lolo Long, the beautiful new tribal police chief.
Another Longmire novel, another satisfying reading experience. I should do some research on when the television show started in relation to the release dates for the books. I'm wondering, because there's a paragraph in this book where Walt is imagining the Hollywood ending of his current predicament and he thinks his part would be played by Robert Taylor...which is the name of the actor who portrays Longmire in the TV show. (Though I'm guessing the book is actually referring to the much older Robert Taylor who starred in Quo Vadis and other movies in the 40s and 50s.)
First Line: "I wanna know what Katrina Walks Nice did to get kicked out of a joint like this for sixty-one days."
Page 56/Sentence 5: "No."
Last Line: I turned to my friend and the world, and the words poured from me like a fervent prayer: "E-hestana Na-he-stonahonotse."
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