Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 9/14/2018 + 1180 more book reviews

I've been reading the Longmire series off and on ever since I first saw the TV series several years ago. I haven't read all of the books but for the most part, I have enjoyed the ones that I have read. However, I was kind of mixed on this one. It continues where the last book left off (THE WESTERN STAR, which I have not read). Longmire's daughter Cady has been kidnapped by the Mexican drug lord, Tomas Bidarte, and is being held somewhere in the desert of Northern Mexico where drug cartels abound. Bidarte sends a post card to Longmire telling him to come. So off he goes on a very impossible mission. The American Government is limited in what it can do, but Longmire is able to get assistance from some of the locals including a blind man with no limbs called the Seer, a mute Indian sharp shooter, and a doctor seeking justice for his community.

Well some of the problems I had with this one are first of all, Longmire was outmatched and outgunned all along the way but miraculously is saved a number of times. There really isn't a mystery involved like in most of the other novels -- this is a straight action novel. Also the action takes place in Mexico, far away from the familiar landscape of Wyoming. And the characters we all love, Standing Bear and Vic in particular, play little to no role in this book. Also, you know from the start that Longmire will survive this quest otherwise, the series would be at an end. I did enjoy a lot of the action sequences and Johnson definitely knows how to write but only a mild recommendation for this one. Hopefully, the next novel will take us back to familiar territory.

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