An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery

Craig Johnson

Sep 2016 · A Longmire Mystery Book 12 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

In the twelfth Longmire novel, Walt, Henry, and Vic discover much more than they bargained for when they are called in to investigate a hit-and-run accident involving a young motorcyclist near Devils Tower—from the New York Times bestselling author of Land of Wolves
 
In the midst of the largest motorcycle rally in the world, a young biker is run off the road and ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry Standing Bear are called to Hulett, Wyoming—the nearest town to America's first national monument, Devils Tower—to investigate, things start getting complicated. As competing biker gangs; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; a military-grade vehicle donated to the tiny local police force by a wealthy entrepreneur; and Lola, the real-life femme fatale and namesake for Henry's '59 Thunderbird (and, by extension, Walt's granddaughter) come into play, it rapidly becomes clear that there is more to get to the bottom of at this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally than a bike accident. After all, in the words of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the Bear won't stop quoting, "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

Ratings and reviews

I've read all of the Longmire books And I turned my old man onto his books and now he's reading and enjoying the Longmire series. I recommend you pick up a book and read it and you'll see for yourself just how good they are. Waiting for the next one to come out, I can hardly wait.

I don't normally rate books, but Craig Johnson has written so many good ones that it is time. This is more of a review of the series than of one specific book. The Longmire series is simply wonderful. The writing is descriptive and engaging. The characters are fully fleshed out and the settings are complete. This book is just one more in a line of really enjoyable reads.

Very good Longmire story. Vics skeet shooting was a bit much. Otherwise 5 stars.

About the author

Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population twenty-five.