The Dark Horse

Walt doubts a confession of murder in this novel from the "New York Times "bestselling author of "The Cold Dish "and "As the Crow Flies," the fifth in the Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for "LONGMIRE," the hit A&E original drama series Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love" The Dark Horse "is the fifth installment in "New York Times "bestselling author Craig Johnson's Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for "LONGMIRE," the hit A&E original drama series. Wade Barsad, a man with a dubious past and a gift for making enemies, burned his wife Mary's horses in their barn; in retribution, she shot him in the head six times. But Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming's Absaroka County doesn't believe Mary's confession. Leaving behind the demands of his upcoming re-election campaign, Walt unpins his star to go undercover and discovers that everyone-including a beautiful Guatemalan bartender and a rancher with a taste for liquor-had a reason for wanting Wade dead.