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Hell and Back

#18 in series

by Craig Johnson
George Guidall
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In Hell and Back, the eighteenth installment of the Longmire series, author Craig Johnson takes the beloved sheriff to the very limits of his sanity to do battle with the most dangerous adversary he's ever faced—himself
What if you woke up lying in the middle of the street in the infamous town of Fort Pratt, Montana, where thirty young Native boys perished in a tragic 1896 boarding school fire? What if every person you encountered in that endless night was dead? What if you were
covered in blood and missing a bullet from the gun holstered on your hip? What if there was something out there in the yellowed skies—along with the deceased and the smell of ash and dust—something the Northern Cheyenne refer to as the Éveohtsé-heómese, the
Wandering Without, the Stealer of Souls? What if the only way you know who you are is because your name is printed in the leather sweatband of your cowboy hat, and what if it says Walt Longmire—but you don't remember him?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Walt Longmire Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 6, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705023655
      • File size: 278131 KB
      • Duration: 09:39:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 25, 2022
      At the outset of bestseller Johnson’s solid if surreal 18th Walt Longmire mystery (after 2021’s Daughter of the Morning Star), the Absaroka County, Wyo., sheriff wakes up in the middle of a snowy street, part of his sheepskin coat frozen to the ground. He has no idea who he is or how he ended up in Fort Pratt, Mont., or why he’s covered in blood with a bullet missing from his gun. Walt only learns his name when a waitress at a deserted café points out that it’s printed in his cowboy hat’s sweatband. Then, in a mystical turn, he’s transported back to 1896, when 31 Native American boys died in a fire that destroyed Fort Pratt’s Industrial Indian Boarding School. Meanwhile, Walt’s undersheriff, Victoria Moretti, and friend Henry Standing Bear go looking for him. This departure from the usual straightforward police procedural centers on Walt’s emotional health, keeping the reader wondering whether his fugue state is amnesia or insanity. Longtime fans will relish Johnson’s new insights into Walt’s character, though this isn’t the place to start for newcomers. Agent: Gail Hochman. Brandt & Hochman Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      George Guidall compellingly narrates this latest tale of Walt Longmire. The longtime sheriff awakens in the street in the middle of a blizzard, remembering nothing of his past. He needs to piece together who he is and why he is in Fort Pratt, Montana, from clues he finds in his pockets. The citizens in town seem familiar, but how? Will their clues help him find his way home? Guidall's grizzled voice fully embodies Longmire's struggle to make sense of his situation. Guidall's gruff timbre and weary tone place listeners in the town with Longmire, rapt spectators of his journey. Tasked with voicing children, women, and Native Americans, Guidall does so expertly, never breaking the magic of this hypnotic story. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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