The inspiration for A&E'sLongmirefinds himself in the crosshairs in the ninth book of theNew York Timesbestselling series  The success of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series that began withThe Cold Dishcontinues to grow after A&E’s hit showLongmireintroduced new fans to the Wyoming sheriff.As the Crow Fliesmarked the series’ highest debut on theNew York Timesbestseller list. Now, in his ninth Western mystery, Longmire stares down his most dangerous foes yet.  It’s homecoming in Absaroka County, but the football and festivities are interrupted when a homeless boy wanders into  town. A Mormon “lost boy,” Cord Lynear is searching for his missing mother but clues are scarce. Longmire and his companions, feisty deputy Victoria Moretti and longtime friend Henry Standing Bear, embark on a high plains scavenger hunt in hopes of reuniting mother and son. The trail leads them to an interstate polygamy group that’s presiding over a stockpile of weapons and harboring a vicious vendetta

“Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit — although there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions

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