Best Craig Johnson Books

After his last case forced him to confront ghosts and question the nature of justice, Sheriff Longmire encounters a crime scene unlike any he's seen in Wyoming.

When a woman confesses to shooting her horse-burning husband six times, Sheriff Longmire suspects there's more to the story. Johnson weaves a mystery through Wyoming's harsh landscape where everyone has secrets worth killing for.

Sheriff Longmire faces his most dangerous case when a roadside shooting leads to a heavily armed polygamist compound where federal agents and family loyalties create explosive tensions.

With his daughter's wedding in two weeks and the venue in ashes, Sheriff Longmire must solve a case while avoiding Cady's wrath over the ruined arrangements.

Johnson strands his Wyoming sheriff in a deadly mountain pursuit of escaped convicts during a brutal winter storm, testing Longmire's limits like never before.

Before Vietnam, college graduates Walt and Henry surf California waves until a storm reveals a decades-old mystery that changes everything.

Multi-million dollar developers want to eliminate the adjacent junkyard, but when a severed thumb appears among the scrap metal, Sheriff Longmire faces escalating violence.

Two murders separated by forty years and continents converge when Sheriff Longmire investigates a Vietnamese woman's death in Wyoming. Johnson uses the dual timeline to examine how war trauma echoes across decades.

A vintage photograph of armed lawmen on a steam locomotive forces Sheriff Longmire to relive a deadly train journey from his youth. Johnson weaves past and present as Walt faces consequences decades in the making.

During the world's largest motorcycle rally, a young biker's hit-and-run accident pulls Walt Longmire into Devils Tower's shadow. Johnson balances the clash between biker culture and Wyoming traditions with his signature wit.

Johnson sends his Wyoming sheriff into dangerous territory when a colleague's mysterious death reveals corruption that reaches far beyond their rural jurisdiction.

Sheriff Walt Longmire faces a poisoning case that dredges up old secrets in small-town Wyoming, testing his investigative skills and personal relationships.

Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire trades wide open spaces for Philadelphia streets when someone tries to kill his lawyer daughter. Johnson moves his character study of Western justice into urban terrain with compelling results.

A Tyrannosaurus rex discovery site becomes a crime scene when a rancher turns up dead in Absaroka County. Johnson's coldest case yet mixes paleontology with murder in distinctly Wyoming fashion.

Sheriff Walt Longmire faces his most challenging search when the mail carrier covering Wyoming's longest route—over 300 miles daily—vanishes in the Red Desert.

Fresh from Vietnam, Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear find Alaska oil work that turns deadly when powerful interests decide the two veterans have learned too much about company operations.

Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire investigates whether someone's serving cold revenge after a rapist winds up murdered, forcing him to navigate volatile racial tensions between white and Northern Cheyenne communities.

Sheriff Walt Longmire crosses into Mexico when a cartel boss kidnaps his daughter Cady for a twisted revenge auction. Johnson strips away Longmire's usual procedural methods, forcing him into a brutal world where badges mean nothing.

Walt awakens bloody and missing a bullet in the cursed town where thirty Native boys perished in a boarding school fire, surrounded by their restless spirits. Johnson blends Western noir with supernatural horror.

Walt Longmire's latest case brings the Wyoming sheriff face-to-face with new mysteries in this continuation of the series that redefined Western crime fiction for contemporary readers.