Spirit of Steamboat
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A Christmas novella for fans of the hit drama series LONGMIRE now on Netflix and the New York Times–bestselling series. Craig Johnson's new novel, The Western Star, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017. Sheriff Walt Longmire is in his office reading A Christmas Carol when he is interrupted by a ghost of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar and more than a few questions about his predecessor, Lucian Connally. With his daughter Cady and undersherrif Moretti otherwise engaged, Walt’s on his own this Christmas Eve, so he agrees to help her. At the Durant Home for Assisted Living, Lucian is several tumblers into his Pappy Van Winkle’s and swears he’s never clapped eyes on the woman before. Disappointed, she whispers “Steamboat” and begins a story that takes them all back to Christmas Eve 1988—a story that will thrill and delight the bestselling series’ devoted fans.
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Walt Longmire is a 29-book series with 22 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Craig Johnson.
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This is not a mystery.
It's not supposed to be a mystery. The moment the story begins, you will instantly understand how it ends. Obviously, since it's about the past, you know that the three main characters of the story will end up okay.
But, like the story of “A Christmas Carol,” which serves as an undertone to this tale, the point of the story is the journey.
The story of a young Walt Longmire pairing up with a recently-retired Lucian Connolly to save a young girl's life on the cusp of a hellacious winter storm in 1988 is nothing short of a roller-coaster of plane ride.
It's a bit different than the tales that Craig normally tells, but he does it so well that you won't really mind. Johnson's ability to turn a phrase and write dialogue that crackles is what sets him apart from most writers and this book has plenty of that.
If you're looking for a traditional Walt Longmire mystery, you'll be disappointed. But if you're looking for a story about hope and courage, with a hint of the sort of chutzpah that society seems to lack nowadays, then you're in for a treat.
