First Frost
A Longmire Mystery
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4.4 • 554개의 평가
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The past and future collide in this gripping new addition to the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.
It’s the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam War. As they catch a few final waves in California before reporting for duty, a sudden storm assaults the shores and capsizes a nearby cargo boat. Walt and Henry jump to action, but it’s soon revealed by the police who greet them ashore that the sunken boat carried valuable contraband from underground sources.
The boys, in their early twenties and in the peak of their physical prowess from playing college football for the last four years, head out on Route 66. The question, of course, is how far they will get before the consequences of their actions catch up to them—the answer being, not very.
Back in the present day, Walt is forced to speak before a Judge following the fatal events of The Longmire Defense. With powerful enemies lurking behind the scenes, the sheriff of Absaroka County must consider his options if he wishes to finish the fight he started.
Going back and forth between 1964 and the present day, Craig Johnson brings us a propulsive dual timeline as Walt Longmire stands between the crossfire of good and evil, law and anarchy, and compassion and cruelty at two pivotal stages in his life.
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Stay with it
Slow start but it was entertaining
Just ok
This book started off with a lot of promise. This is another Longmire story told mostly from his past right before he and Henry enter the Vietnam war. Both end up in a deserted town in a sort of typical western style movie. They must deal with a maniacal judge and his enforcers. There’s also a mysterious figure running around the town (and preventing Walt and Henry from leaving town).
This book struggles with time. It seems Walt will deal with a situation in seemingly a matter of minutes but the next event he runs into you would think took hours but it’s never explained and most of the second half of the book has these issues. There’s also a lot of back and forth with either Walt or the Judge getting the upper hand and again it happens in the blink of a couple of paragraphs
Don’t judge the series by this book
I have very much enjoyed the Walt Longmire series. This is a strange one, if this had been the first one I read I don’t think I would have continued on with the series. Hopefully the next one gets back to the norm. If this happens to be the first one you read make sure you try another one before judging the series.