A Mysterious Review of …
Christmas in Absaroka County by Craig Johnson. A Walt Longmire Short Story Collection.
Review summary: This collection of four short stories featuring the Wyoming sheriff nominally have a holiday theme but are suitable to be read at any time of the year. While all four are very good, one is exceptional. All in all, a nice collection, one any fan of the series will want to have. And for those who haven't yet read any books in the series, it does provide for an apt introduction to the character. (Click here for text of full review.)
Our rating:
Christmas in Absaroka County
Craig Johnson
A Walt Longmire Short Story Collection
Penguin Books (December 2012)
Publisher synopsis: Readers glimpse a softer side of Sheriff Walt Longmire as he grapples with the death of his wife, Martha, and his sometimes turbulent but ever-loving relationship with his daughter, Cady. In these four stories — "Ministerial Aid", "Slick-Tongued Devil", "Toys for Tots", and "Unbalanced" (three of which have been sent to Johnson’s fans over the years in the author’s "Post-it" e-mails) — Walt is alternately at his best and his worst. He helps a somewhat delusional elderly victim of domestic abuse while sporting a bathrobe and a mean hangover on New Year’s Day. He’s sidelined by grief when his wife’s obituary reappears in the paper and there’s an unexpected knock on his door two days before Christmas. He strives to help even those who don’t want it when he picks up a young female hitchhiker, and he’s forced into some last-minute Christmas shopping by the Greatest Legal Mind of Our Time, during which he might just end up saving a young Navy chaplain’s Christmas.
0 comments:
Post a Comment