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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. (2010)Walt has to solve the mystery of a severed thumb, the discovery of marijuana harvest in a basement of a suspect and how to handle two mean wolves kept as watchdogs.KIRKUS REVIEWIn rural Absaroka County, Wyo., where Sheriff Walt Longmire keeps an uneasy peace, junk isn't always junk. It's often worse.Geo Stewart, 72, is the kind of man broken bones happen to. That's old news to the docs at Durant Memorial Hospital. This time, however, along with a fractured clavicle¥the result of being drawn some distance roped to the rear of an ancient OldsmobileÂ¥Geo has a bit of unsettling news for the docs, who will pass it on to Sheriff Longmire, whose life it will immeasurably complicate. When he's not in the hospital, Geo is steward of the Durant dump, which he prefers to call the ?Municipal Solid Waste Facility.? In this capacity, he's found a severed thumb. Since no one has reported it missing, Sheriff Walt has a mystery on his hands. And since nothing is ever as easy in Absaroka County as counting noses, or digits, the mystery will only deepen and develop links to other local mysteries, such as exactly what kind of crop is being harvested in a certain Durant basement, or who's responsible for the sudden surge in the county homicide rate. Or, knottiest of all, what to do about the unseemly, ongoing romantic comedy starring grizzled, wintry Walt and Deputy Victoria Moretti, his feisty, foul-mouthed, adorable girl of summer. I love good mysteries mixed with good humor, and this one filled the bill from the very start. As if it's not enough to read about a family that cleans the chimney using a rope anchored to the bumper of their car, and of course someone doesn't realize they did this and decides to drive to the store without knowing her grandfather is being dragged along behind until she stops and he hits the car (fortunately, it was freezing cold and icy). But a neighbor said the old man waved as he passed by, and the granddaughter's comment was that they liked that neighbor. Then there's Walt's deputy Victoria, who is always good for a laugh. Even when she was knocked out with a big frying pan and Walt thought she might be dead, her first words were typical: "Fuck me!" The whole story had a bit of a Keystone Cops feel, although the story was interesting in addition to the humor. I loved the TV series, and I'm loving the books. I'm glad I saw the series first, because I have the characters pictured in my mind, and it always fits. And the narrator is one of my favorites, George Guidall; he does a great job narrating these books. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:From the New York Times bestselling author of Land of Wolves, a modern-day ranch war takes place in the sixth Longmire novel Junkyard Dogs, the sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original drama series, takes us to Durant, Wyoming. It's a volatile new economy in Durant when the owners of a multimillion-dollar development of ranchettes want to get rid of the adjacent Stewart junkyard. Meeting the notorious Stewart clan is an adventure unto itself, and when conflict eruptsâ??and someone ends up deadâ??Sheriff Walt Longmire, his lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear, and deputies Santiago Saizarbitoria and Victoria Moretti find themselves in a small town that feels more and more like a high-plains pressure cooker. Walt Longmire is up to his badge in the darker aspects of human nature, making his way through the case with a combination of love, laughs, and derelict automoKeine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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