Part of Walt Longmire, book 3
First published 2007
Sheriff Walt Longmire has kept the peace in Wyoming's Absaroka County for nearly twenty-five years. He travels to Philadelphia with his friend Henry Standing Bear, expecting a simple visit to the City of Brotherly Love. Instead, Walt faces every parent's nightmare when his daughter Cady falls victim to a brutal attack that leaves her fighting for her life. The assault isn't random violence. Cady has stumbled into a dangerous political conspiracy, and someone wants her silenced permanently. Walt refuses to let Philadelphia's corruption claim his daughter. He assembles an unlikely team that includes Henry, Deputy Victoria Moretti, her extended family of Philadelphia cops, and his faithful companion Dog. The Wyoming lawman prepares to unleash frontier justice on city streets, determined to protect his family and expose the truth. In Philadelphia, Walt discovers that good intentions can be deadly, and sometimes doing right means breaking rules.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: family-secrets, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Absaroka County, Philadelphia
Period: 20th-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Viking Books
Content warnings: violence