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Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson

Junkyard Dogs

A Longmire Mystery

Craig Johnson

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 31, 2011

Sheriff Walt Longmire is faced with a modern-day ranch war in this gripping novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+ It's a volatile new economy in Durant, Wyoming when the owners of a multimillion-dollar development of ranchettes want to get rid of the adjacent Stewart junkyard.

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Who it’s for
A small-town murder case brings ranchland conflict, dry humor, and human mess into close quarters.
Themes
Ranch development conflict, Crime and human nature
Genres
Police Procedurals, Westerns, Hard-Boiled Mystery

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Sheriff Walt Longmire is faced with a modern-day ranch war in this gripping novel from New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+ It's a volatile new economy in Durant, Wyoming when the owners of a multimillion-dollar development of ranchettes want to get rid of the adjacent Stewart junkyard.

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Meeting the notorious Stewart clan is an adventure unto itself, and when conflict erupts—and someone ends up dead—Sheriff Walt Longmire, his lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, and deputies Santiago Saizarbitoria and Victoria Moretti find themselves in a small town that feels more and more like a high-plains pressure cooker. Walt Longmire is up to his badge in the darker aspects of human nature, making his way through the case with a combination of love, laughs, and derelict automobiles.

Ranchland Tensions

A small-town murder case brings ranchland conflict, dry humor, and human mess into close quarters.

Come here for

  • A sheriff’s case tangled in a modern ranchland dispute
  • Dry humor amid darker turns

Expect

  • A Wyoming town under pressure
  • A mix of love, laughs, and derelict automobiles

Where it sits

Police Procedurals90%
Westerns73%
Hard-Boiled Mystery31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Westerns
  • Indigenous Fiction
Authors
Craig Johnson
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
May 31, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Ranch development conflict · Crime and human nature
Reading lane
Police Procedurals