The Cold Dish

A Walt Longmire Mystery

By: Craig Johnson

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Introducing Wyoming's Sheriff Walt Longmire in this riveting novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Dry Bones, the first in the Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire.

Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr, and Robert B. Parker will love this outstanding first novel, in which New York Times best-selling author Craig Johnson introduces Sheriff Walt Longmire of Wyoming's Absaroka County. Johnson draws on his deep attachment to the American West to produce a literary mystery of stunning authenticity, full of memorable characters. After 25 years as sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire's hopes of finishing out his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Two years earlier, Cody has been one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl. Somebody, it would seem, is seeking vengeance, and Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys and a Sharps .45-70 rifle.

With lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, Deputy Victoria Moretti, and a cast of characters both tragic and humorous enough to fill in the vast emptiness of the high plains, Walt Longmire attempts to see that revenge, a dish best served cold, is never served at all.

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Critic reviews

"A strong sense of place, a credible plot, and deft dialogue lift Johnson's good-humored debut novel." (Publishers Weekly)
"Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, knows the Western landscape well, and creates stunning and violent scenes of the Rocky Mountains." (Bookmarks)
"We in the West have a major new talent on our hands." (The Denver Post)

Great, couldn't turn it off!

Where does The Cold Dish rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

top 5 out of 150 plus

What did you like best about this story?

The dry humor between the character

What does George Guidall bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Timing, inflection, his voice has the age of the character Walt

Always feel like you're right there with Walt

Honestly, I can't get enough of this series. Amazing characters, stories and writing so good you can visualize each scene and always feel like you're right there at Walt Longmire's side.

There's no better place to go to get a wonderful mix of drama, mystery, & crime set in a Western and Native American theme. A very unusual mix that works so amazingly well because the stories are fresh, the characters are deep and quite interesting and it's always engaging.

The Cold Dish is yet another wonderful Walt Longmire book that won't disappoint and the audiobook reader is outstanding! Like I said, I can't get enough!

Masterpiece

This is the greatest detective novel written since Sherlock Holmes! The thrill of the investigation, the authors way of capturing your attention as if your riding shotgun with the Sheriff is just amazing. You'll love every second of this book.

A Must Listen

.... For folks who have picked up and episode of the series ( which don't do the stories justice IMHO) or read one of the books.

The complex characters in the series are introduced and defined in this seminal work. The plot is involved and gripping. And finally, a much deserved hat tip to George Guidall. His performing talents are considerable and his interpretation of each character is flawless. His rendition alone makes the book worth listening to!

poignant story

For lovers of things Western
of love stories
of gentle good people
and broken hearts

Good story overall.

Somehow I manage to not start in order with this series. No discredit to this book. The characters are engaging and the reader is fantastic. There is a slower part to this book that took me a few times to work through. However the storyline is good and worth listening if you like the others in this series. The slow part to me might just have been me. Others may find it all relatively speedy. I really enjoy the main character and this author and reader are fascinating to see how they walk you through his thoughts.

I don’t regret the time to listen at all and look forward to catching more of this series.

A wonderful introduction to the Longmire series

If you've only seen the TV series, you're missing out. This lovely, potent, philosophical and literate books is miles above most cowboy stories, add are all the following books.

Why have I not read this before?

Love this author and narrator. So glad this is a series with plenty more to explore. The writing, characters, depth and plot are fabulous. Speaking of characters the location is described and incorporated so well it becomes a character as well. Love all about this

Truly a work of art!!!!

This book was a very pleasant surprise! This is the first book I’ve listen to by this author and find his writing to be exactly what makes a great story an amazing experience. George Guiddall was perfect in this as he is always in other books he’s narrowed. He too is amazing! I’ve listen to close to 300 books and there are only a few authors that can bring all emotionals a person can experience out in a story that feels genuine. Craig Johnson in my opinion has done it with this book!!! Can’t wait to hear the next with the only hesitation that this one has set the bar very high!

Great start to the Longmire Series

Really enjoyed this, have read a number of his books, but after watching Longmire, I wanted to tackle these books. So far so good!