The Highwayman: A Longmire Story

Craig Johnson

May 2016 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear embark on their latest adventure in this novella set in the world of Craig Johnson’s New York Times bestselling Longmire series—the basis for the hit drama Longmire, now on Netflix

Craig Johnson's new novel, The Western Star, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017.
 
When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape of the Wind River Canyon, an area the troopers refer to as no-man's-land because of the lack of radio communication, she starts receiving “officer needs assistance” calls. The problem? They're coming from Bobby Womack, a legendary Arapaho patrolman who met a fiery death in the canyon almost a half-century ago. With an investigation that spans this world and the next, Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear take on a case that pits them against a legend: The Highwayman.

Ratings and reviews

Although as long as a short novel, this was really a short story. There is limited interaction with most of the characters we have come to appreciate in the longmire universe and it is also heavy on the spirit world mythology. In all a good short read.

Mr. Johnson does a great job of intertwining the beliefs and heritage of his characters. It is refreshing to read and feel the steering connection that Henry and Walt share. The dialogue is lively and each character's wit can get the reader to smile as they read.

Great as always, never disappointed by Walt or Craig Johnson. I have read them all and can't wait for each new one.

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.