Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 3/12/2019 + 1033 more book reviews

14th in the Longmire series and a direct sequel to THE WESTERN STAR. Walt Longmire heads into Mexico on his own, to get back his kidnapped daughter Cady from the notorious cartel kingpin Bidarte. None of the familiar characters make an appearance here. Longmire gets help from a new cast of characters - some of whom seem pretty unlikely, like the legless blind dwarf who has friends everywhere. It's a straight action novel, no mystery to be solved except how in the heck does Longmire manage to survive it. He's outmanned and outgunned the entire way, although he manages several miraculous escapes. It's very reminiscent of a movie like Rambo or Die Hard, where the lone hero must overcome evil villains and save the day all on his own. I assume that's what Johnson was going for, and from that standpoint I think it works really well, except that Longmire has such a developed sense of morality he won't kill anyone. So a couple of evil villains get a second chance, and then a third chance, etc., and every time they pop back up twirling their mustaches and threatening to kill Longmire all over again. And then there's the knife fight with Bidarte... Well, I read it straight through, and if I think of it as a movie I liked it a lot. As a Longmire novel, not as much. I hope he goes back to Absaroka County next book.

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