Book #1: The Dark Horse

Okay, new year, renewed plan!  I intend to keep a record of the books I read in 2015, just for fun.  My first entry in The Dark Horse, by Craig Johnson.  This is the fourth book, I think, in the Walt Longmire series.  Walt Longmire is the aging sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming.  He's tough, he's a man of great integrity, but is not perfect.  My wife, Debbie, and I got hooked on the Longmire series from A&E via Netflix.  The characters have some meet on them, there are plenty of conflicts, tensions, and lots of room for development.  Unfortunately, only two of the first three seasons are available on Netflix.  A&E canceled the show, but, Gott sei dank, Netflix picked it up for a fourth.

But, on to the book.   A woman has confessed to murdering her husband, but Sheriff Longmire doesn't believe she did it.  He goes undercover, in his own clumsy way, in a neighboring county.   The action is plentiful, the solution surprising enough, and the writing is fine.  My only complaint is that sometimes our hero gets himself out of scrapes that should rightly end in his demise.  But such is life.  If you like mysteries set in the West (like the Joe Picket novels) I bet you'll like these.