Death Without Company

eBook

English language

Published Nov. 28, 2008 by Penguin Group USA, Inc..

ISBN:: 978-1-4362-7202-5

(2 reviews)

Sheriff Walt Longmire finds unspeakable viciousness in Wyoming's Big Horn MountainsCraig Johnson garnered both praise and an enthusiastic readership with his acclaimed debut novel featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire, The Cold Dish. Now Johnson takes us back to the rugged landscape of Absaroka County, Wyoming, for Death Without Company. When Mari Baroja is found poisoned at the Durant Home for Assisted Living, Sheriff Longmire is drawn into an investigation that reaches fifty years into the mysterious woman's dramatic Basque past. Aided by his friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and newcomer Santiago Saizarbitoria, Sheriff Longmire must connect the specter of the past to the present to find the killer among them.

2 editions

technicat reviewed Death without company by Johnson, Craig

Entertaining mystery, colorful characters

4 stars

I started reading this before I realized this series is the basis of the Longmire TV show, and I haven't read the first book (this is the second), so it took me a couple of chapters to get acquainted with the characters, but then it picks up. Despite the pop-fiction angle where every woman he meets up to the lower age range of AARP membership is super attractive and is giving him the eye, the writing is good, with the jaded self-deprecating sherriff reminding me a bit of Len Deighton's cynical middle-aged spy Bernard Samson and also (again a bit like Deighton with his beloved Berlin) immersing the reader in the wintry climate and rugged populace of the author's native Wyoming.

govmarley reviewed Death without company by Johnson, Craig

Review of 'Death without company' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Sheriff Longmire, I think I have a literary crush on you and Henry Standing Bear.

In book 2, Walt finds himself investigating a death at the Durant Assisted Living facility where former sheriff and current part-time dispatcher Lucian Connelly lives. Lucian knows something's not right about Mari Baroja's death, and calls Walt in to look into it for him. The investigation spans back 50 years, uncovering skeletons in a lot of closets in Absaroka County, Wyoming and giving us more insight into Lucian's past. We also get introduced to new deputy Santiago Saizarbitoria, who I hope is sticking around for the long haul. He adds a much needed balance to Vic Moretti and will be good for Walt, too. We also get to meet Walt's daughter, Cady, and other new characters are introduced to Durant as well. And there is snow. Lots of snow. Way too much snow for me. …

Sheriff Longmire, I think I have a literary crush on you and Henry Standing Bear.

In book 2, Walt finds himself investigating a death at the Durant Assisted Living facility where former sheriff and current part-time dispatcher Lucian Connelly lives. Lucian knows something's not right about Mari Baroja's death, and calls Walt in to look into it for him. The investigation spans back 50 years, uncovering skeletons in a lot of closets in Absaroka County, Wyoming and giving us more insight into Lucian's past. We also get introduced to new deputy Santiago Saizarbitoria, who I hope is sticking around for the long haul. He adds a much needed balance to Vic Moretti and will be good for Walt, too. We also get to meet Walt's daughter, Cady, and other new characters are introduced to Durant as well. And there is snow. Lots of snow. Way too much snow for me.

Overall, a fun mystery series that makes me glad I don't live in the blizzard climate of Wyoming. Looking forward to starting book 3 soon.