Part of Walt Longmire, book 14
First published 2018
Walt Longmire faces every parent's terror when his daughter Cady vanishes. An international assassin working with a brutal Mexican cartel has taken her across the border. The plan is cold and calculated: auction Cady to the sheriff's many enemies who want revenge against the Wyoming lawman. Walt knows the American government cannot help him here. Mexican authorities offer even less hope. The desert stretches before him, a furnace of sand and stone where temperatures climb to one hundred ten degrees. Walt loads his gear and crosses into hostile territory. He is one man pursuing an entire criminal army. The cartel leader has built his reputation on violence and has survived by eliminating threats. Walt must navigate unfamiliar terrain where he has no jurisdiction and no backup. Every mile deeper into Mexico takes him further from safety and closer to a confrontation that will test everything he has learned as a lawman and a father.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, rescue
Setting: Mexico, Wyoming
Period: 21st-century
304 pages · Hardcover · Viking
Content warnings: violence