Thomas's Reviews > The Dark Horse

This is book 5 in the Walt Longmire series. I enjoyed it and give it 4 out of 5 stars. Walt Longmire is the Sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. The author says he is the Sheriff of "the least populous county in the least populous state." He accepts prisoners from other counties to help out with his budget. Mary Barsad is transferred to his jail from Campbell County. She is accused of murdering her husband. She confessed to the murder. But Walt suspects she is innocent. Her husband was accused of burning down a barn with seven of her beloved horses shortly before he was killed.
The insurance company executive doesn't want to pay if arson can be proved and asks Walt to go up to Campbell County to investigate on an undercover basis.
Walt agrees. One of the clues is the difference in the bird calls between the Eastern and Western Meadowlark. Walt and the author have way more ability than I do to differentiate bird calls. The author has written a good story, with some interesting plot twists, believable characters and some laugh out loud lines.
I recently watched a video of Craig Johnson talking about his books, characters and dealing with Hollywood producers transforming his books into a TV series. If you like the books, you will like the video. I started reading these books after I started watching the TV series.
Here is a link to the video(from GR author site) https://www.goodreads.com/videos/1984...

If you decide to read these books, I suggest reading them in order.