I was greatly taken with the first Longmire book, and enjoyed the subsequent volumes. This one, however, didn't sit well with me. I don't have a problem with the supernatural elements; my concern is with the Sheriff's decision-making.

"Do not put members of the force at risk" includes your own life. Once the remaining hostage had been found, there was no rationale for the show-down on the roof of the world. Earlier in the narrative, the decision to press on alone when backup was thirty minutes away also showed a lack of both professionalism and common sense. And this from a man portrayed in every previous book as having a good head on his shoulders.

I'm hoping the next volume in this series will take away some of the bad taste left by "Hell is Empty".