A Serpent's Tooth: Walt Longmire #9 [B0908]

2013 HCDJ 1st edition in excellent condition. Sheriff Walt Longmire is on a high-plains scavenger hunt in this thrilling novel from bestselling author Craig Johnson. The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+.

It's homecoming for the Durant Dogies when Cord Lynear, a Mormon "lost boy" forced off his compound for rebellious behavior, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance, divine or otherwise, Sheriff Walt Longmire, Victoria Moretti, and Henry Standing Bear search for the boy's mother and find themselves at the barbed-wire doorstep of an interstate polygamy group. Run by four-hundred-pound Roy Lynear, Cord's father, the group is frighteningly well armed and very good at keeping secrets.

Walt's got Cord locked up for his own good, but the Absaroka County jailhouse is getting crowded since the arrival of the boy's self-appointed bodyguard, a dangerously spry old man who claims to be blessed by Joseph Smith himself. As Walt, Vic, and Henry butt heads with the Lynears, they hear whispers of Big Oil and the CIA and fear they might be dealing with a lot more than they bargained for.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Good read! I have always enjoyed Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire books. This was no exception. Would recommend it!"; "Rollicking good fun. This has all the wit I want from a detective series. The balance is not always perfect between the wit and the stakes, but it moved at such a good pace, that I was thoroughly entertained throughout."; "Having read many of the Longmire books, I can report that this is, in my opinion, one of Johnson's best. There are several very sad moments, more so than in other entries in this consistently entertaining series, and yet they augment the complexity of the plot and add substance to the story."