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The Dark Horse

Walt Longmire • Book 5

by Craig Johnson

Narrated by George Guidall

4.55 ABR Score (28.7K ratings)
★ 4.3 Goodreads (21.6K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.1K)
9h 32m Released 2009 Mystery

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Walt Longmire unpins his own badge to find the truth — and George Guidall sounds like he's been carrying this story for years.

  • Great if you want: a morally layered Western mystery with a quiet hero
  • Listening experience: unhurried and atmospheric — Wyoming wind in every chapter
  • Narration: Guidall's weathered baritone is the voice Walt Longmire deserves
  • Skip if: slow-burn rural pacing tests your patience

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About This Audiobook

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.