Part of Walt Longmire, book 7
First published 2011
Sheriff Walt Longmire has kept the peace in Absaroka County for over three decades. Now he faces his most dangerous case yet. Raynaud Shade, an adopted Crow Indian, has confessed to killing a boy named White Buffalo ten years ago and burying the body in the Big Horn Mountains. Walt transports Shade and other convicted murderers through a brutal snowstorm when the FBI confirms the victim lies within his jurisdiction. The prisoners escape into the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area. Walt pursues them alone through the frozen wasteland, carrying only his experience and a worn copy of Dante's Inferno. The hunt becomes a battle for survival as Walt tracks the killers through blizzards and treacherous terrain. He must capture them before they disappear forever, but the mountains may claim him first. This seventh Walt Longmire mystery tests the sheriff's limits as he confronts both earthly justice and spiritual reckoning in the icy wilderness.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: pursuit, survival
Setting: Absaroka County, Big Horn Mountains, Cloud Peak Wilderness Area
Period: 21st Century
309 pages · Hardcover · Viking
Content warnings: violence