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Christmas In Absaroka County (2012)

by Craig Johnson(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Penguin Books

review 1: Four unrelated Christmas stories about Walt Longmire:'Ministerial Aid' featured a hungover Longmire on the New Year's Day following the death of his wife being mistaken for a modern day Jesus by a mentally unstable woman. A bit less realism here than in the rest of the series, but enjoyable as a Christmas fable.'Slick-Tongued Devil' involved Longmire treating a con man with compassion. I didn't care for it, despite the positive message, as I would have preferred reading about Longmire kicking the con man's ass, compassion be damned.'Toys for Tots' has Longmire meeting a Iraq war vet while out Christmas shopping with his daughter Cady, and brightening his Christmas in a unique way. This was probably my favorite story in the collection.'Unbalanced' sees Longmire picking up... more a hitchhiker with a sad story to tell. Not much I can say without spoiling it, but a short enjoyable read, if a bit somber.While these four stories were each okay, the collection is not a must read, except for Walt Longmire completists.
review 2: Another of Craig Johnson's short e books. Thus would be especially good to "gift" a reading buddy for their e reader for Christmas. There are four fun CHRISTMAS stories with Sheriff Walt Longmire, with the addition of the first chapter of his first book--A COLD DISH. As a real fan of Longmire, starting someone on this series would be a great gift, I believe.The four short stories are fun and meaningful too. My favorite was TOYS FOR TOTS which involved an young injured Marine Chaplain. Interesting history of the organization, with a great Walt Longmire twist. Johnson has yet to disappoint me with his writing! less

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