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Death Without Company (Walt Longmire #2)
Walt investigates a death by poison in this gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Cold Dish and As the Crow Flies, the second in the Walt Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit A&E original drama series
Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Is E...more
Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Is E...more
Paperback, 271 pages
Published
February 27th 2007
by Penguin Books
(first published 2006)
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I’d never heard of Craig Johnson before I attended Left Coast Crime 2011 in Santa Fe, NM. Let me say it was more than just a minor oversight on my part: it was probably a borderline tragedy. During a Sunday morning panel titled "Crime Fiction on Big and Little Screens," he spoke about the Longmire series in production with A&E, and I was intrigued from when he first opened his mouth to the end of the discussion. To entice us to stick around and thank us for showing up on Sunday, cards for a...more
Sheriff Walt Longmire tackles the murder of a Basque woman and all the convolutions that follow from it. This second book in the series is stronger than the first. Johnson continues to "grow" the characters that inhabit his world. And the Wyoming setting with its idiosyncrasies and uncertain weather is absolutely a crucial part of the series as well.
Describing his swearing deputy: ...my recently divorced deputy, a beautiful, intelligent woman with a body like Salome and a mouth like a saltwater...more
Describing his swearing deputy: ...my recently divorced deputy, a beautiful, intelligent woman with a body like Salome and a mouth like a saltwater...more
DEATH WITHOUT COMPANY (Police Procedural-Wyoming-Cont) – VG
Johnson, Craig, 2nd of series
Viking, 2006-Hardcover
Sheriff Walter Longmire receives a call from his mentor, good friend and the previous Sheriff, Lucian Connally. Lucian demands that Walt investigate the death of Mari Baroja, a fellow resident at the Durant Home for Assisted Living. Lucian and Mari were married very briefly when they were young. Now Lucian believes Mari has been murdered. The investigation uncovers greed, secrets and oth...more
Johnson, Craig, 2nd of series
Viking, 2006-Hardcover
Sheriff Walter Longmire receives a call from his mentor, good friend and the previous Sheriff, Lucian Connally. Lucian demands that Walt investigate the death of Mari Baroja, a fellow resident at the Durant Home for Assisted Living. Lucian and Mari were married very briefly when they were young. Now Lucian believes Mari has been murdered. The investigation uncovers greed, secrets and oth...more
It's not a bad book, but I'm giving it a really bad review in comparison to the first one. The first one was great, well-paced, great characters, believable situations. This one feels completely contrived. Like a series of weird coincidences packed together into a novel form.
SMALL SPOILER:
Like the fact that Walt Longmire has to deal with some Basques who don't speak English and the new deputy that has come in for an interview from another state happens to be... you guessed it, Basque!
Then there...more
SMALL SPOILER:
Like the fact that Walt Longmire has to deal with some Basques who don't speak English and the new deputy that has come in for an interview from another state happens to be... you guessed it, Basque!
Then there...more
In this, the second in the Longmire series, the case that Walt and his crew become involved with is tied to the previous sheriff who is Walt’s mentor. An elderly woman dies that Lucian had been involved with and he claims to Walt that she was murdered. Walt has to go back through family histories to find a motive and to come to understanding of the ones that are affected by the case. He has to deal with the Basque portion of the population in Absaroka County. There are the twists and turns that...more
My second trip into the adventures of Walt Longmire and the citizens of the fictional town of Durant Wyoming was even better than the first outing. Again the strongest part of the story is the characters themselves.
Death Without Company starts with the death of an old woman in an assisted living facility that doesn't even look like a murder and involves more than 50 years of history of the characters in the story.
As usual the elements play a staring role and what Longmire story would be comple...more
Death Without Company starts with the death of an old woman in an assisted living facility that doesn't even look like a murder and involves more than 50 years of history of the characters in the story.
As usual the elements play a staring role and what Longmire story would be comple...more
I am reading the Longmire series out of order as they arrive from the library. And in this case so far I think that is totally OK. I think at some point I will have to buy them and then read them in chronological order. I had watched the summer show, just simply called "Longmire" on A&E this morning and I think it is one of the best shows I have seen in years. What I am finding is the show doesn't slavishly follow the books while being incredibly authentic as to humor, tone and intricacy. Th...more
Maybe I should have read the first novel but I started the series with this one. I have to be honest, I don't know if I will read anymore in the series. It is not that the book exhibited bad writing or bad plot development. At times the writing was excellent but at other times it just seemed to plod along rather slowly. At times, the writing seemed to lose clarity and it just came to a stop. The plot of this story seemed to be somewhat convoluted . The further the reader got into the story the m...more
I am a little embarrassed to admit that I had not heard of these books until about the second or third episode of the television series _Longmire_ when an ad declared "based on the books by Craig Johnson". I enjoy the show a great deal, and I picked up the first book on a whim in a local bookstore. I was absolutely blown away. The characters are fully formed and leap off the page. The first book _A Cold Dish_ was wonderful, but this second book is perhaps better (maybe just because I now know th...more
Update:
Moves a bit slower and is less of a mystery than it is a tantalizing hunting party for the bad guy. Want to know more about Cady...but I'm sure that's coming.
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Craig Johnson has written nine novels in his Walt Longmire series. Formerly a police officer; he has also worked as a educator, cowboy and longshoreman. Awards include Tony Hillerman Award, Wyoming Historical Society Award, Wyoming Councl for the Arts Award, as well a...more
Mar 29, 2013
Mary
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
western,
mystery-detective
When I finished The Cold Dish I went immediately to the library to find Death Without Company. I like keeping company with Sheriff Walt Longmire and his neighbors, friends and working crew. Each person is unique and brings something to the table. When an old woman dies in a nursing home the natural thing would be to tidy up her room and affairs and move on, but Walt's old boss Lucian will not let her death pass without an investigation. Soon an old event has stirred up all kinds of extra trouble...more
An older woman dies in an assisted living facility. An equally old, retired sheriff insists it is murder despite little to no evidence of foul play. Turns out it may be and it may be tied to a 50+ year old murder that had been undiscovered until now. Complicate that with a reduced workforce, a Wyoming winter, two different and distinct ethnicities, and you get a really interesting procedural mystery plot. Add in well drawn characters who are unique with distinctive voices and you have a fabulous...more
Book Two in the Walt Longmire series by Craig Johnson. This book is not quite as good as Book One, however, it is still excellent. Walt is asked by the former sheriff, Lucian Connally, to investigate a death at the retirement home. Lucian and the victim had been married for a few hours back in 1948 and Lucas has maintained something of a relationship with her since that time.
The deeper Walt gets into the investigation, the more complex the mystery becomes: The victim's husband might still be al...more
The deeper Walt gets into the investigation, the more complex the mystery becomes: The victim's husband might still be al...more
I was worried about reading the Longmire books out of publication order - but this is a cracking, read which stands alone without the support of previous novels. Johnson's work reminds me more and more of Robert B Parker - I'd guess Johnson wouldn't mind that comparison. Dialogue is key to his style, just as it was with Parker and both writers are fond of literary allusions. Johnson differs from Parker in producing longer and more complex works. I'm now waiting for Amazon to post me a third Long...more
The 2nd book in the Walt Longmire series is better than the first--and the first was already strong. I feel the Author Craig Johnson really found his footing with his second foray, and I'm pretty excited to pick up his 3rd to see if the strong upward trend continues.
Worlds are colliding as I read Johnson's books--and my feelings toward them may be affected by two other strong series that I watched just prior to picking up these mysteries. So I'm going to mention those too, because if you, like m...more
Worlds are colliding as I read Johnson's books--and my feelings toward them may be affected by two other strong series that I watched just prior to picking up these mysteries. So I'm going to mention those too, because if you, like m...more
One of my book clubs read the first Walt Longmire book, A Cold Dish, and I was ambivalent about the book. You can imagine my chagrin when the second Walt Longmire book was chosen. Of course, I was mildly surprised that I enjoyed reading this book, but feel that Walt encounters too many brushes with death. I liked the premise of this story and the secret of love the spans decades. The love between Mari Baroja and Lucian Connally reminds me of the love in The Secret of the Nightingale Palace betwe...more
2nd in the Longmire series, takes you deeper into the characters thru a murder tied to secrets deeply hidden in the past...excellently written, with johnson's descriptive and subtle writing style that puts you right in the head of Walt Longmire, including those moments when walt's thoughts or comments skip a beat and you have to look back a line or two to see the connection, and when you do you think "brilliant"... .the only slight drawback is that the cast of characters is large with some perip...more
This novel is the second installment of the Walt Longmire mystery series. Like the first book, the setting is rural Wyoming, where the snowstorms are frequent and the distances between locations can be vast. The book takes place about a month after the events of the first novel. Sheriff Longmire has begun to recover, physically and emotionally, from the traumatic events of that investigation, and is visiting his friend Lucian, the retired former Sheriff and Longimre's mentor, when he discovers t...more
Oct 02, 2012
Jennifer
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of mysteries with a strong sense of place
Recommended to Jennifer by:
Adena Staben
Shelves:
read-2012
This second installment of this series set in rural Wyoming (the invented Absaroka County) finds Walt Longmire investigating the death of an elderly Basque woman, Mari Baroja. At first her death in the local nursing home seems "natural" but Lucian Connally, the former sheriff and Walt's old mentor insists that Walt take a closer look. Of course, this closer look leads to Walt uncovering the fact that Lucian, in his youth, had run off with Mari until her family came and found her and made her mar...more
This is a weird set of books surrounding a sheriff in a small Wyoming town. The setting is amazingly described, the characters are well-rounded and enjoyable. It's a very realistic-feeling look at small town Wyoming. But then, once per book (so far), the main character's life is saved by Native American ghosts. Literally the ghosts of Indian chiefs save his life. I was OK with it in book 1, where they support him while carrying his injured Native American friend down a mountain in a blizzard (ma...more
This is my least favorite of the Longmire books so far. I still liked this book so much that I read the next two in the series before writing this review. The mystery centers around the love life of Lucian, the former sheriff of Absaroka county. I have a soft spot for Lucian because he reminds me of my husband's grandfather. If he knew a terrifying large man named "Standing Bear," he would call him "Ladies Wear."
What bothered me was that, at one point, Walt was told one of the character's motiv...more
What bothered me was that, at one point, Walt was told one of the character's motiv...more
A satisfying second tale of Walt Longmire, sheriff of Absaroka County in Wyoming. Fully-realized characters are flirtatious and gritty, honesty and funny, menacing and intellectual, hesitant and real. There's another murder in town, a new deputy, possible love interests and the comfort/security of deep-seated friendships. The story is solid and convincing, and engrossing. I sat down to read a few chapters and didn't make it back to the present until I closed the back cover. An extremely satisfyi...more
Craig Johnson's second Walt Longmire mystery is even better than the first--the writing more controlled, the voice more convincing, the story and characters more compelling. Sheriff Walt is a fascinating blend of Western action hero, brooding existential man, folksy populist, Shakespeare-quoting and Classical-music-loving secret sophisticate, celibate widower and smooth-talking hunk, etc. Maybe a man of too many parts, but the self-deprecating and self-conscious first-person narrator is quite ef...more
I can't believe that I am actually going to say this, but......I think I like the TV show better than the book. Don't get me wrong. I did like the book. It's a whodunit that kept me guessing. Craig Johnson has a very subtle writing style. There are flashbacks to the sheriff's childhood experiences with Henry Standing Bear. I enjoyed those. In this day and time, that kind of continuity in life is rare---folks keeping close ties from childhood. The TV show has made some changes in the characters,...more
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Présentation de l'éditeur :
Lorsque le corps de Mari Baroja est découvert à la maison de retraite de Durant, le shérif Longmire se trouve embarqué dans une enquête qui le ramène cinquante ans en arrière. Il plonge dans le passé déchirant de cette femme et dans celui de son mentor, le légendaire shérif Connally. Tandis que l'histoire douloureuse de la victime prend peu à peu une résonance dans le présent, d'autres meurtres viennent jalonner son enquête. Aidé par son ami de touj...more
Présentation de l'éditeur :
Lorsque le corps de Mari Baroja est découvert à la maison de retraite de Durant, le shérif Longmire se trouve embarqué dans une enquête qui le ramène cinquante ans en arrière. Il plonge dans le passé déchirant de cette femme et dans celui de son mentor, le légendaire shérif Connally. Tandis que l'histoire douloureuse de la victime prend peu à peu une résonance dans le présent, d'autres meurtres viennent jalonner son enquête. Aidé par son ami de touj...more
Sheriff Walt Longmire is back, along with his cast of co-workers and friends. Craig Johnson continues to hit all the right notes. The characters are human and sometimes make mistakes, the place is so real that you know this author lives where he writes and loves what he sees. Highly recommended
This is my first time reading death of company the author writes in a storytelling silmiar to native American traditions of stories: seeing certain ghosts, or dreams hints to come. The path of clues of characters past was intersting: a lady's two or many?? Families branch out the many possible suspects to take the lady money and big tract of land.
There are many twists that was suprising which made me pause and rethink the unexpected angles.
If you like the hint of native Americans culture/ sto...more
Another delightful episode with Walt Longmire, brilliantly narrated by George Guidall. The wry humor, the characters, the setting in the Powder River country of Wyoming, all combine to make a thoroughly enjoyable listen.
In this story, Walt struggles to uncover the twisted family secrets of an elderly woman who dies in a nursing home. He shortly discovers she was murdered, and then follows a convoluted story of her life... His Indian buddy, Henry, provides endless entertainment with his dry wit,...more
In this story, Walt struggles to uncover the twisted family secrets of an elderly woman who dies in a nursing home. He shortly discovers she was murdered, and then follows a convoluted story of her life... His Indian buddy, Henry, provides endless entertainment with his dry wit,...more
I glad I decided to go on with this series, because I liked this one much better than the first. I could complain about a couple of plot things but his characters are developing very nicely, and his plot hangs together unlike the glaring holes in the first book of the series.
What Craig Johnson does well is explain the relationship between the two main characters in dialog. In fact, Longmire is well depicted this way, albeit a bit like Jesse Stone in Robt. B. Parker's series. Just a bit though. J...more
What Craig Johnson does well is explain the relationship between the two main characters in dialog. In fact, Longmire is well depicted this way, albeit a bit like Jesse Stone in Robt. B. Parker's series. Just a bit though. J...more
Exceptionally well-written series by Craig Johnson that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat to the end when all the details come together. The wording is often-times vague, which makes the reader have to think about what the author is conveying, so this is not exactly a "light read" where everything is spelled out to the readers' satisfaction. The characters are likable and fully-fleshed and the Wyoming setting plays a large role in the series. Derogatory terms are sometimes employed by r...more
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American novelist and playwright. He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.
Johnson has written eight novels. His Sheriff Walt Longmire novels include The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, The Dark Horse (which received starred re...more
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American novelist and playwright. He lives in Ucross, near Sheridan, Wyoming, population 25.
Johnson has written eight novels. His Sheriff Walt Longmire novels include The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, The Dark Horse (which received starred re...more
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