The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Dec 05, 2019 Anne ✨ Finds Joy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I'm so happy I finally got around to listening to this - highly entertaining and satisfying!! I loved the main characters of Sheriff Walt, his long time friend Henry Standing Bear, and the young brazen female deputy Vic. The wit and banter of the conversations between them all - I laughed out loud so many times!.

This story is very well crafted, with all the elements complimenting each other: setting (small town Wyoming), atmosphere (winter wilderness), depth/background of characters, dry humor/ ...more

10 likes · Like · see review

Feb 12, 2023 Anastasia rated it liked it

The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson is the first book in the Walt Longmire Mystery series. Sheriff Walt Longmire investigates the death of Cody Pritchard, who had two years earlier along with three accomplices , been convicted of raping a mentally challenged Cheyenne girl. Although interesting, I found this book dragged a little for me. I found it difficult to like Walt, who although capable of his job, seemed rather lazy. A sleepy, western setting with a similarly slow paced mystery.

4 likes · Like · see review

Nov 12, 2022 Susan rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery, gritty-mystery, set-in-north-america, cultural-usa, 2022

This one is between three and four stars for me. But, it is the first book of a new series and first books often have bugs to work out so I tend to round up for them, as I did here.

I found the protagonist, Walt Longmire, to be complex, interesting, and engaging. I wanted to know him better even at the few times in the book when I didn't particularly like him. Similarly, Johnson surrounded his protagonist with a cast of supporting characters that read 'real' and were interesting to read about ev ...more

Like · see review

Oct 01, 2022 Maggie Shanley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Good western mystery with a crusty widower sheriff, a legless sidekick, Native American wisdom and friendship and a killer out for revenge. Suspects abound but it takes a bit to like the characters and their relationships, by the end of the book I was rooting for the Sheriff and the friend he does not deserve.

Like · see review