Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire, #4)

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Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire #4)

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Walt Longmire unravels a mystery that connects two murders across forty years

When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sherriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a...more

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Published May 29th 2008 by Viking Adult (first published 2008)

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Feb 25, 2013 Kathy Davie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Fourth in the Walt Longmire mystery series revolving around a more-than-middle-aged sheriff in Durant, Wyoming. One who has a past.

Discovered a few awards which Another Man's Moccasins has won: Western Writers of America's Spur Award and the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers' Association Book of the Year.

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This particular tale is interspersed with flashbacks to a particular case Walt investigated in Vietnam, which provide a backdrop to both Walt's and Henry's experiences there...more

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Aug 21, 2011 Keri rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: craig-johnson, reviewed, 2010-read, mystery, may-december-romance

As much as I love Craig Johnson's writing, this one wasn't one of my favs. Now to be fair, the publisher messed the book up by leaving out 2 chapters that as a reader we really needed. So we had to recover from that, then there was a lot of choppiness in the writing which normally isn't there. We were jerked into a scene and had no idea how we got there. This book has flashbacks to Vietnam for Walt. Which I do understand was needed in order for us to understand how it effected the present day si...more As much as I love Craig Johnson's writing, this one wasn't one of my favs. Now to be fair, the publisher messed the book up by leaving out 2 chapters that as a reader we really needed. So we had to recover from that, then there was a lot of choppiness in the writing which normally isn't there. We were jerked into a scene and had no idea how we got there. This book has flashbacks to Vietnam for Walt. Which I do understand was needed in order for us to understand how it effected the present day situation. But they are not my favorite tool for relieving the past and would jerk me out of the present day story flow. Which was probably what the point was.

Even some of the characters were acting up at least for me. Walt was his usual self, but Vic really made me mad. I can barely tolerate their May/December romance as it is. But through most of the book Vic has been coming on to Walt hot and heavy. Finally things line up for them to get together and because Walt doesn't ask her out in a smooth refined manner Vic gets her back up and drives off on him. If she wanted that kind of man she shouldn't have picked Walt. I am not saying he pulled out his club and tried to hit her over the head to drag her back to his cave, but he is a 60s something guy...come on...gotta give the old dude a break.

The story starts out with a young Vietnamese woman being found on the side of the road, dead. Not to far away they find a homeless giant of an Crow Indian whom they take in to custody for her murder.
From the first Walt isn't convinced that Virgil committed this horrible crime. So as he digs deeper into the murder, his past starts coming back to haunt him. As this murder mirrors a murder from Walt's past in Vietnam. Can Walt save a fellow Vet, whom the government treated shamefully and was now lost? Now we find that there were two women in the car on the night that Ho Thi was killed, where is the other woman? And is Tran van Tuyen really Ho Thi's grand-father or someone much more sinister?

It was a good mystery, but had some weakness to the plot. Like how could Walt not know of Virgil and where he was living at, but a man who had only been in the area for a short while figure out he was there and then use his circumstance for his gain...it didn't make sense. But that was a small thing in comparison to the over all good of the story. I still love Walt and am looking forward to the next book in the series. (less)

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Oct 11, 2010 Trish rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, mysteries

Slipping into a Craig Johnson mystery is a little like slipping into well-worn jeans and suprisingly roomy cowboy boots--it changes your whole outlook. With all the horrible crimes being reported today, I'd like to think I had someone as humane and generous as Johnson's main man, Walt Longmire, at my back. If I were to imagine a father, it would be someone who cared for me as completely as this man does for his townspeople.

A secret here: I save the novels of Craig Johnson on my bookshelf until...more

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May 18, 2013 Harry rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: detective-mystery, western-detectives

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What I enjoy in a mystery series is how each book gives you another facet of the hero. Too often I read set-in-stone series, where the hero doesn't change but gives the reader more of the same, usually as a consequence of successful earlier books. That works for a few books, but often tires a reader like myself. I do need to see the hero character develop, change, and grow as the books progress. In this novel we learn how Vietnam has influenced Johnson's Walt Longmire character. The book,...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Anita rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, mystery, police-procedural

A young Vietnamese woman is found dead next to a highway, and the only suspect is a very large, 7-foot tall member of the Crow tribe who had been inhabiting a culvert nearby. Inside the woman's purse was a picture of Sheriff Walt Longmire from 40 years before, in a bar with a woman who frequented the establishment as a prostitute, and who had become Longmire's friend. The woman in the picture was murdered back then, and Longmire had investigated her death in relation to a surge in drugs and drug...more

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Nov 26, 2012 Lavezzij rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-suspense

Walt Longmire is the sheriff of a town in Wyoming, and an English major as well, a man who cannot quite get his love life in order,, do the right thing, or stop worrying about most everything in his past, his future. The characters in Craig Johnsons series are consistent, credible, and lovably entertaining. I especially like his books, all of them for several reasons:
The development of a viewpoint of finding one's moral compass in today's world.
The joy of reading with great characters.
The obvio...more

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Aug 11, 2012 David rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: completed

The Longmire mysteries continue to intrigue me. I think that they are well-written and their characters shine as stars in their own personal ways. This is only the second one I've read in the series, and apart from being set back by what I will call "mysticism" that I would find refreshing in a fantasy novel but not thrilled with in a mystery (A "ghost" leads Longmire through a graveyard) I enjoyed this one.

One of the enjoyable, if predictable, factors in these mysteries is that pretty much EVE...more The Longmire mysteries continue to intrigue me. I think that they are well-written and their characters shine as stars in their own personal ways. This is only the second one I've read in the series, and apart from being set back by what I will call "mysticism" that I would find refreshing in a fantasy novel but not thrilled with in a mystery (A "ghost" leads Longmire through a graveyard) I enjoyed this one.

One of the enjoyable, if predictable, factors in these mysteries is that pretty much EVERYONE lies to the police. It seems as if everyone has something to hide-- which often tends to throw a shadow of suspicion on just about everyone... Johnson handles this type of plot threading well, quickly determining why most of the folks lied while leaving doubts about other characters, who generally wind up dead until there is just one or two other suspects.

The jousting between "Vic" the foul-mouthed female deputy from Philadelphia and Longmire, as he attempts to fend off her romantic and usually shocking sexual advances, is interesting, as I can see that Longmire truly loved his wife, a powerful character element lacking in many stories today where folks just flop into bed with whoever, whenever.

This one, however, like some of the Dave Robichoiuex (okay, I know I spelled it wrong) or the Billy Bob Holland novels, suffers from trying to tell two stories, decades apart, with what appears to be a solid connection. The back and forth flashbacks for me were too much and created a plot that was uneven and in some places terribly distracting. I wanted to know the Longmire history from Vietnam, but that would have made a fine stand alone novel on its own. It just felt a bit out of place here.

Longmire's long-standing relationship with Standing Bear, the Native American bar owner who is his good friend tends to remind me of the Lone Ranger/Tonto relationship if it had been played on a more equal footing. Henry Standing Bear continues to offer Longmire what some would call Sage Native American advice but is also often in on the action.

The only other complaint I might have about this otherwise fine novel is the strong language that in some places is quite suitable, but in others just seems out of place. The reference to a large Native American as an "FBI" (F******** Big Indian) was meant to be funny, but it was just an example of crude vulgarity that didn't really add much to the novel.(less)

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Nov 11, 2011 Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I do not know what has taken me so long to write this review, I finished this book almost a month ago, but still I keep putting off the review. I love this series and I enjoyed this book, but when I sit down to write, I come up completely blank as to what to say. This is one of those series where it is so well written that you do not want to do it any disservice by writing a review and risking that your words will not translate and you will inadvertently turn a reader off.

Walt and Katie are now...more

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May 24, 2011 Vicky rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

If you’re looking for a good mystery to read, definitely check out Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series, of which this is the latest. ANOTHER MAN’S MOCCASINS takes place in the vast expanse that is Wyoming as our local sheriff tracks down the killer of a young Vietnamese woman. But finding her killer also brings back vivid memories for the sheriff of his time in Vietnam and his investigation there into a different murder and drug trafficking. Thus we are given two mysteries with a forty year dif...more
If you’re looking for a good mystery to read, definitely check out Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series, of which this is the latest. ANOTHER MAN’S MOCCASINS takes place in the vast expanse that is Wyoming as our local sheriff tracks down the killer of a young Vietnamese woman. But finding her killer also brings back vivid memories for the sheriff of his time in Vietnam and his investigation there into a different murder and drug trafficking. Thus we are given two mysteries with a forty year difference to solve. He does this through flashbacks that were, at first, disconcerting, but eventually worked for the story.

Craig’s rich descriptions and attention to detail take us right into the setting. Even though I’ve never seen Wyoming, I was right there with the dust, the vast expanses, the ghost town, and even the rattlesnakes. I was also in the midst of the fighting in Vietnam. His prose also investigates the human psyche as he delves into his characters’ pasts and shows how our pasts affect who we become. But rather than be a boring study of psychology, Johnson does this through intriguing writing and a compelling story.

Though I did not read the other books in the series, I am definitely going to. The only thing I found off-putting in the story were the occasional language difficulties. In order to retain the flavor of the story and add interest, he used phraseology in Cherokee, Crow, and French. Normally this adds color to a story, but I had so much trouble trying to figure out what was being said that it took me right out of the story. Finally, I just skipped those particular passages. Fortunately, there are not many of them so it does not detract from the story overall. But it did keep me from giving this a full five star rating.

Other than this small nit, I found the story compelling, interesting, and satisfying and highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery with the flavor of a western and the intrigue of Asian drug running and human trafficking thrown in for good measure.
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Dec 25, 2009 Suzy rated it 4 of 5 stars

A really good mystery set in modern, rural Wyoming, which is very masculine in tone without being grotesquely macho like so much male-authored crime fiction. You know, the kind where the villains catch the hero and tie him up and banter nastily with him until he, goading them with elephantine provocations for no reason whatever, gets beaten to a pulp by them; after which is relocates his dislocated shoulder, shakes off his concussion, and chases after them. By "masculine in tone" I mean devoting...more

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Oct 13, 2012 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: readers hooked on the series

Recommended to Jennifer by: Craig Johnson

Shelves: read-2012

Another interesting installment in the Walt Longmire series . . . not quite as strong as #3 but still quite good. This novel connects an event from Walt's past, during his time in Vietnam, with his current search for the killer of a young Vietnamese woman, found abandoned in a field. When the woman's purse is found with a huge and homeless Indian living in a drainage tunnel, the case seems to be close to being solved but Walt is pretty sure that this man is not the killer. The whole investigatio...more

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Feb 10, 2013 Renee rated it 5 of 5 stars

This outing, our beloved crusty Walt takes us on a trip back to Vietnam and some of his experiences there as flashes back to a murder that reminds him and is somehow connected to the murder of a Vietnamese girl left dead in a ditch on the side of the road, conveniently near the drainage ditch that "FBI" Virgil White Buffalo, a damaged Vietnam vet himself, occupies. As Walt unravels the present case and keeps seeing the echoes of the past, he's also helping his daughter Cady recover, dealing with...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Bruce Snell rated it 4 of 5 stars

Book Number Four in the Walt Longmire series by Craig Johnson - 4.5 stars. The body of a murdered Vietnamese girl is found by the highway in Absaroka County and that triggers Walt's memories of his time in Vietnam. The suspects include Virgil White Buffalo, a homeless Crow Indian and Vietnam vet who refuses to cooperate (with good reason), a Vietnamese businessman who claims to be the victim's father, a bartender, and the two ranchers who found the body. Of course Walt has his usual cast of char...more

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Apr 19, 2009 Patti rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, read-in-2009, western

A very interesting entry in the Walt Longmire series. Walt is in the process of helping his injured daughter through rehab (injured in the previous book), when a call comes in that a Vietnamese girl's body has been found. This discovery brings on flashbacks to Walt's time in Vietnam. Along with flashbacks, Walt has to deal with a Vietnamese man who claims to be the girl's grandfather, a giant Indian who was found living in a culvert near where the girl's body was found, and is arrested, and a ne...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Deborah Biancotti rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime-thriller

Johnson really is an impressive writer. By the time we reach this book (#4 in the LONGMIRE series), the density of his earliest work has been left behind. Which turns out to be a good thing, because the slim volumes are now less exhausting to read.

In this book - about human trafficking & racial assumption - Johnson pulls off a split narrative, with half the story occurring 4 decades back in Vietnam. I admit I wasn't particularly interested in this subplot for quite a while, but finally John...more

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Dec 05, 2009 Russell rated it 1 of 5 stars

As a Western writer myself, I found this book to be one of the most offensive stereotypes I've ever read. The characters have no depth. They possess most of the qualities people from the East associate with Western people...simple-minded, monosyllabic, ready for a fight at the drop of a hat. Johnson has been uncovered as a complete fraud, passing himself off as a former NYC cop when he was in fact a security guard at a museum. He's also a fraud as a writer of Western literature, taking this genr...more

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Mar 25, 2013 Algernon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

I remain a devoted follower of the series, but this fourth book was a step back in quality for me. Before I start on the grumbling bits, let me say that the book reads really well and the various wacky characters of the Absaroka County Sheriff Department remain as interesting as usual. The premise is a good one for a police procedural, a crime with very little clues:

No matter what aspect of law enforcement with which you might be involved, there’s always one job you dread. I’m sure at the more...more

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Dec 18, 2012 Jeanne rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Sheriff Walt Longmire’s past meets his present in this fourth entry in the Longmire series. When a young Vietnamese woman is found dead by the side of the interstate, it is up to Walt to investigate. Initially, the case seems too easy, as a large Crow Indian is found living nearby and in possession of the dead woman’s purse.

But as Walt knows, nothing is that easy. In spite of his tainted record, Virgil White Buffalo is probably not the killer, and Walt knows this. But who would kill this woman?...more

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Jan 02, 2013 Eric rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of Walt Longmire

Recommended to Eric by: Library

Shelves: craig-johnson, western, detective-mystery

As I noted in my review of the previous book in the series, Kindness Goes Unpunished, Walt Longmire belongs in Absaroka County, Wyoming, and his spending the previous book in Philadelphia was just not the same experience.

Well there's good news and bad news for this book. The good news is that he is back in Absaroka County where he belongs. The bad news is that half the book takes place in flashbacks from when Walt was in Vietnam.

Still, we get two inter-connected mysteries, an interesting set p...more

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Jan 04, 2009 Kathleen Hagen added it

Shelves: 2008-mysteries-suspense, 2008-audio-books

Another Man’s Moccasins, by Craig Johnson, A-minus. Narrated by George Guidall, produced by Recorded Books, downloaded from audible.com.

In the fourth book in this series, Sheriff Longmire is called upon to investigate the death of a Vietnamese girl. In her belongings he finds a picture of a girl he knew while stationed in Vietnam 40 years ago. Is the dead girl related to the girl who died? In the meantime, we see Katie recovering from her mishap and almost death in the last book. Henry Standing...more

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Jan 02, 2012 Blake rated it 4 of 5 stars

12-21-11 I just picked up this book today from the library, one of the librarian helpers recommended it to me. She said it had a lot of action and excitement.

January 2, 2012: There was a body of a young Vietnamese women fond on the side of a interstate in Ablsaroka County, Wyoming. The sheriff that found the body of the women was determined to discover the identity of the women. Sheriff Walt Longmire has to confront the strange feelings and events of this murder to his first homicide investigati...more

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Apr 06, 2012 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love Johnson's series starring Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire. I hesitated over this book because the storyline was interwoven with the Vietnam War, something I have minimal knowledge about. I am so glad I put my faith in Johnson as a writer and read this book! It was the best Longmire novel so far (#4) and I am eager to get my hands on the next in the series.

Sidenote: A & E is supposed to air a new series based on the books, simply called Longmire, sometime in June. I am excited to see the...more

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Jun 26, 2010 Anthony rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mystery

Very interesting book. A young, Vietnamese, woman is found murdered along the highway. Walt, the county sheriff in Absaroka County, Wyoming investigates. He starts to have flashbacks to Vietnam. He has flashbacks about a young bar girl he knew and a case he was investigating. How were the events forty years ago related to the dead girl in his county?

A very good mystery. We get some insight to Walt's Vietnam service and Henry's tour of duty as well. We also get a to see the relationship between...more

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Jun 28, 2009 Jen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, police-fiction, male-author

ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS, the fourth book in Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series, finds Walt looking back at his experiences in Vietnam after a Vietnamese woman is found murdered in Absaroka County. Two murder investigations, forty years apart, play out as the novel oscillates back and forth between 1960s Vietnam and present-day Wyoming.

In present-day Wyoming the Vietnamese woman is found dead along the interstate and Virgil White Buffalo is living in culvert in the same vicinity. Virgil is also...more ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS, the fourth book in Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series, finds Walt looking back at his experiences in Vietnam after a Vietnamese woman is found murdered in Absaroka County. Two murder investigations, forty years apart, play out as the novel oscillates back and forth between 1960s Vietnam and present-day Wyoming.

In present-day Wyoming the Vietnamese woman is found dead along the interstate and Virgil White Buffalo is living in culvert in the same vicinity. Virgil is also in possession of the woman's purse. However, Walt isn't convinced that Virgil killed the woman.

In 1960s Vietnam, Walt is a Marine investigator sent to Tan Son Nhut to investigate a possible drug operation: a soldier had died of a drug overdose on a chopper out of that base. While there, Walt befriends Mai Kim. It is determined that Mai Kim is somehow connected to the dead woman found in Wyoming because of the picture the dead woman is carrying around in her purse. Walt's task in present-day Wyoming is to solve the murder and find the connection.

Craig Johnson's gift of developing characters that readers can connect with only seems to grow stronger with each book he writes. In ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS we see a new dimension in Walt. As in KINDNESS GOES UNPUNISHED we saw a deeper and closer look at Walt's connection to his family, in AMM we are privy to that deeper, closer look at Walt's past, adding another layer to an already dynamic character.

Also adding to Walt's layers is his relationship with Vic. The emotions he battles internally in regards to Vic continue to define the character most of us have grown to love. Walt also deals with internal conflict when it comes to his daughter Cady who is in Wyoming while she rehabs. His insecurities dealing with both women reveal the human-ness in Walt. Those insecurities help make Walt real and allow readers to connect with him, sympathize and empathize. I also think they are what draw folks to ask Johnson for Walt's phone number!

ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS is filled with Johnson's signature humor and heart-wrenching emotion.

Simply put Craig Johnson has written another exquisite book. His knack for capturing the extraordinary in what might otherwise be considered ordinary is spot on. His characters don't need to have super-hero strength or MENSA IQ levels. Instead Johnson creates the everyday heroes so perfectly that we believe they truly must exist somewhere outside the pages of his books. If you have not picked up one of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire books, treat yourself to a reading experience unlike no other, just don't expect Walt and gang to remain on the pages of the book once you close the covers. They will be with you for a long time after.

I listened to ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS on audio book as I drove to Pennsylvania for Craig Johnson's book event. It was again read by George Guidall, who has read the previous three books as well. I have compared Guidall's readings of the Walt Longmire series to Mark Hammer's readings of the Dave Robicheaux series. Guidall's voice will forever be Walt's voice in my mind. He's simply perfect for the role. What makes him exceptional, however, is his knack with Johnson's humor. I was in tears when Vic was acting like an Asian prostitute, and that was largely due to Guidall's reading of the scene. Guidall also sets the tempo perfectly to what the scene demands, especially when he's reading for Henry; he's never overly dramatic and he never misses the sarcasm. It is a treat to listen to Guidall read a Walt Longmire novel. So, go ahead, indulge!(less)

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Mar 09, 2013 Judy rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Adults interested in mysteries

Walt Longmire, the protagonist, is quiet and rather shut down emotionally,but sensitive to what others have gone through. A smart sheriff in a county that probably has more livestock than people, he has to deal with long distances and few staff, but he perseveres and finds the truth. In this fourth book of the series, the murders in present-day Absaroka County, Wyoming, are juxtaposed with descriptions of Longmire's time as an investigator in Vietnam in the 1960's. The violence of Vietnam contra...more

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Jun 02, 2012 Jodi rated it 4 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars. Johnson's Walt Longmire series is one of my favorites. Longmire is a sheriff in rural Wyoming. This book begins with a woman found dead in a field. The death causes flashbacks for Walt to his time in Viet Nam during the war. We learn quite a bit more about Walt and Henry Standing Bear. As with all of the Johnson books thus far, the characters are very real and engaging, and I love the humor that flows between them. This is a must read series.

A&E is premiering a new television ser...more

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Jun 02, 2012 McKenzie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: american-west, hard-boiled, mystery-thriller

Another wonderful read. I so enjoy this series, and I can't wait for the TV series premier this Sunday! I am crossing my fingers that it is as good as the book series. There is so much to love about these books, I don't think I can go into all the reasons I read them, but I hope that you will just trust my judgment and read them for yourself. Believe me, they are worth it.

Craig Johnson will be coming to Powell's at Cedar Hills Crossing on June 20, so you have plenty of time to read the first bo...more

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Feb 10, 2012 Leslie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There was a lot going on in this 4th installment of the Walt Longmire series. More character development. More characters who will probably show up in later books. More background on Walt as he's thrown back to memories of one specific episode during his time in Vietnam, which correlates with his investigation of the death of a Vietnamese woman in his jurisdiction. Walt's daughter Cady's rehabilitation and apparent growing relationship with Vic's brother Michael. Henry Standing Bear's always con...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Sue rated it 5 of 5 stars

Don't read this unless you've read the previous three Longmires. And I offer a second caveat: my version had horrendous transitions, that I'm blaming on the electronic version, an occasional issue I've had in the past. I don't think it was the author, I believe it was the formatting.

Those two warnings aside, this book was excellent. Perhaps I'm just a sucker for a good Vietnam vet story, but this was a great view of Walt and life's issues that shaped him. Two good mysteries, one in the past and...more

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Jan 07, 2013 Steven rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

This is the fourth installment of the Walt Longmire mystery series. Craig Johnson again spins a good yarn about the idiosyncratic sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. In the last book, Longmire was in Philadelphia trying to catch the person who nearly killed his daughter Cady. In this story, Cady is back in Wyoming with her father as he oversees her physical and mental rehab. Early in the story, a Vietnamese woman is found strangled by the side of a highway, and it's up to Walt and his deputies...more This is the fourth installment of the Walt Longmire mystery series. Craig Johnson again spins a good yarn about the idiosyncratic sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. In the last book, Longmire was in Philadelphia trying to catch the person who nearly killed his daughter Cady. In this story, Cady is back in Wyoming with her father as he oversees her physical and mental rehab. Early in the story, a Vietnamese woman is found strangled by the side of a highway, and it's up to Walt and his deputies to discover who killed her, and why.

Although I very much enjoyed this mystery, I found this book a little confusing and hard to follow. The murder mystery was great, and Johnson kept me guessing as to the killer, which I always find enjoyable. But the story was peppered with flashbacks of Walt's days in Vietnam with Henry Standing Bear, and his (mostly innocent) flirtation with a young Vietnamese girl. Although I normally enjoy character-revealing flashbacks such as this, the way they are presented here in one or two tiny fragments per chapter, was very hard to follow, and kept interrupting the flow of the story. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how Johnson could have done it differently (for instance, I don't think a single long flashback chapter would have worked), but ultimately I could have done without the Vietnam War flashbacks at all (they didn't really add all that much to the story, and had literally nothing to do with solving the mystery of the present day).

That said, the characterizations were excellent. I would have liked to see Vic in it more (she is one of my favorite characters in the series), but the Bear was in it a lot, and he is another favorite. We also got to see a little more of Absaroka county, including what the Powder Junction sheriff's annex looks like (as Walt would probably say, "It ain't much"). There are lots of surprises and twists to the present-day story plot (and some to the flashback plot, although as I say, I found that part hard to follow).

Overall this was an enjoyable book, but it was not as good as books 1-3. It was worth buying as an e-Book and reading, for sure. If you like Walt Longmire, this book is certainly worth a read. There is no question that I will go on and read the rest of the series now.(less)

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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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Another Man's Moccasins (Walt Longmire #4)

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