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A review by michael_benavidez
Death Without Company: A Longmire Mystery by Craig Johnson
5.0
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW
Book two in the adventures of Walter Longmire, this mystery takes place within a couple weeks (if I'm remembering right) after the first book's end. And it works.
It all works. The characters are back, without the exposition of their personalities needing to be driven up again. Lucian is still a bitter hard ass ex-sheriff with a heart he likes to keep hidden. Vic is still the foul mouth deputy who seems to hate all the police work, and yet is such a loyal adviser to Walt she stays. Ruby's still in the office, keeping Walt from having a computer, putting his duties on post-it notes. Henry still plays as a unofficial deputy, getting in deep with his best friend on cases and relationships, and so on and so forth. And they've grown, all of them. In such a quick read/listen all the characters feel and act so real. They're not predictable, but when they act it feels just right.
As for the story, this is the kind of mystery I enjoy. Walter is a smart man, who says little. But being inside his head, we hear ALL his thoughts, and his process. He's such a stubborn but funny man, who says and acts on what he means, until he does.
The entire crew gets involved in this mess, as does a new face who isn't in the show and I really grew to like. It's hard talking about sequels mostly because I don't want to give anything away, but also because a lot of the harder work was done in the first. As far as characters go, this grew them into people all their own. And the narrator does a fantastic job of setting that slight dry humor that all but Vic seems to possess, and giving Vic that wonderful touch to her profanity laced attitude without being such a cliche. It really adds to the story as a whole.
Book two in the adventures of Walter Longmire, this mystery takes place within a couple weeks (if I'm remembering right) after the first book's end. And it works.
It all works. The characters are back, without the exposition of their personalities needing to be driven up again. Lucian is still a bitter hard ass ex-sheriff with a heart he likes to keep hidden. Vic is still the foul mouth deputy who seems to hate all the police work, and yet is such a loyal adviser to Walt she stays. Ruby's still in the office, keeping Walt from having a computer, putting his duties on post-it notes. Henry still plays as a unofficial deputy, getting in deep with his best friend on cases and relationships, and so on and so forth. And they've grown, all of them. In such a quick read/listen all the characters feel and act so real. They're not predictable, but when they act it feels just right.
As for the story, this is the kind of mystery I enjoy. Walter is a smart man, who says little. But being inside his head, we hear ALL his thoughts, and his process. He's such a stubborn but funny man, who says and acts on what he means, until he does.
The entire crew gets involved in this mess, as does a new face who isn't in the show and I really grew to like. It's hard talking about sequels mostly because I don't want to give anything away, but also because a lot of the harder work was done in the first. As far as characters go, this grew them into people all their own. And the narrator does a fantastic job of setting that slight dry humor that all but Vic seems to possess, and giving Vic that wonderful touch to her profanity laced attitude without being such a cliche. It really adds to the story as a whole.