Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 7/21/2018 + 1181 more book reviews

I began reading the Longmire books primarily because of the TV series which is now ended. I must say however, that the books provide a lot more depth to the characters and with each one I read, I want to read more! In this one, Longmire is drawn into investigating a religious cult when a young boy is found doing chores for an old woman who thinks the boy is an angel. Turns out the boy is a "lost boy" from a splinter Mormon group that practices polygamy in South Dakota and is now setting up a similar group in Walt's county in Wyoming. A "lost boy" is one who is rejected by the cult primarily because the older men want the young women and girls to themselves. The boy also seems to have a bodyguard in the person of Orrin Porter Rockwell, the destroying angel of Momondom who died in 1878. So who is this supposed 200 year-old man who looks and acts like Rockwell? Well it turns out that there are bad people involved with the cult who are not there for the religion but for somehow making a fortune for themselves. But how are they able to do this in the deserts of Wyoming and South Dakota? Walt and his crew, including Vic and Standing Bear, seek to find out what is going on which leads to peril for several.

This was a very good entry in the series and it looks like Walt and Vic may be getting serious. I need to still read some of the earlier entries as well as the ones to follow. Looking forward to it!

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