I thoroughly enjoyed this entry in the Walt Longmire series, the first I'd listened to.
George Guidall's pace and diction was just right for the story, so much so that I didn't take advantage of the 'speed-up' available, and listened to it as read.

Through flashbacks prompted by the murder of a Vietnamese woman in Longmire's territory, we learn a great deal about his time in Vietnam, the corrupt underside of the
war, and the price everyone paid. We also learn about the price paid by Native Americans assumed to be brutal at home. I found it engaging overall, and will try to find the next in the series on Audio. ( )

(2008) Walt Longmire gets back to Wyoming where he belongs. A dead Vietnamese girl is found near a water culvert with the obvious suspect being a tall silent and powerful Indian asleep there. From the obvious to the not so obvious sex trafficing ring with roots back to Nam where Walt became involved in stopping another ring. KIRKUS REVIEWA decades-dead Vietnamese bar girl plays a starring role in a contemporary Wyoming murder investigation.Walt Longmire, Sheriff of Absaroka County, has been acting as rehab coach for his daughter Cady, an assault victim (Kindness Goes Unpunished, 2007). But he's called away to deal with a dead Vietnamese girl alongside the highway. The murder trail leads to a derelict Crow Indian by the name of Virgil White Buffalo, but the case is complicated when a tattered photograph found in the girl's pocket shows Walt and a young prostitute back in the 1960s. How did this girl come to have this picture? Flashbacks show Walt reliving his war experiences and relationships but hardly prepare him for the arrival of Tran Van Tuyen, who claims to be the dead girl's grandfather. Meanwhile, Virgil's in lockup, wolfing down pizzas at the county's expense. There are indications that Ho Thi Paquet, the dead girl, was here illegally, perhaps a ?dust child,? the offspring of an American GI and a Vietnamese woman, and that another girl was traveling with her before she died. The sad resolution will do little to heal Asian/American tragedies past and current.The back story, with its venality, racism and murder, is riveting, and Johnson dovetails Walt's life then and now with great skill. Readers who've come to admire Walt's cohort, Henry Standing Bear, will want to award him the Medal of Honor for his war exploits.

Another solid Longmire mystery this one delving into Walt's past as a Marine serving in Vietnam.

Good story but I prefer Wyoming to the chunks of this book set during the war.
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3.5 stars ( )

I love this series. This one switches between present day Wyoming and Vietnam around the time of the Tet Offensive. Walt's war experiences added a lot to both the book and to my understanding of the character. ( )