The Dark Horse

Wade Barsad's wife shot him in the head six times after he burned her horses alive, or so the story goes. But Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't believe Mary Barsad is telling the whole truth, and he pins his badge to work undercover as an insurance investigator on the ranch to find out what actually happened. What he discovers is a community with reasons to protect its secrets and a dead man with more enemies than anyone admits.

George Guidall has narrated the Longmire series throughout, and his warm, laconic delivery perfectly matches Craig Johnson's voice: Wyoming prairie distances and a lawman's deliberate pace. Guidall's Longmire feels like someone who has been paying attention for decades, noticing things other people miss because they're in too much of a hurry. The audiobook format suits Johnson's prose especially well, giving Guidall space to let the landscape breathe between scenes.