A Serpent's Tooth: A Longmire Mystery

· A Longmire Mystery Book 9 · Sold by Penguin
4.6
40 reviews
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368
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“It’s the scenery—and the big guy standing in front of the scenery—that keeps us coming back to Craig Johnson’s lean and leathery mysteries.”
 —The New York Times Book Review


The ninth Longmire book from the New York Times bestselling author of Land of Wolves


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 on a high-plains scavenger hunt that ends 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.

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4.6
40 reviews
A Google user
August 11, 2015
An engaging & addictive read that keeps drawing you in, revealing only the small mysteries until you get to the epilogue where resolution, sadness & joy are expressed in a way that confesses Johnsons true understanding of humanity & the humor shared between friends.
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Nate Fogg
November 11, 2014
I loved the Chance to learn a little more about the history of Walt and Henry. The homage to Vietnam War fighters Was nice as well. Another well rounded Longmire book.
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DR S
July 27, 2014
Good job. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Now, on to the next one. Thanks
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About the author

Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population twenty-five.

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