Craig Johnson. LAND OF WOLVES. Viking, 2019.
A Walt Longmire mystery, found at the library book sale. Read it in two days. Walt is getting old. People are hinting at retirement. He is still wounded from some trouble in Mexico. A dead sheep, then a dead shepherd, brings Walt back into contact with the Basque community around Absaroka, Wyoming. Henry Standing Bear makes only a brief appearance, with some input about shamans and wolf legends. Vic continues to come on to Walt but his wounds make him too tired to take her up on it.
Reading this makes me angry. I assume Johnson writes for an all-male readership. That that's why his female lead, Vic from Philly, sounds like "male athlete of the year with boobs"? Has "me too" not reached Wyoming yet? Not that she is harassed at the workplace. But she is sleeping with her boss. Office politics and work cannot help but suffer. And, as much as Walt is an upstanding ethical and educated man, he should know better. One of them should resign.
Sorry. Never say 'should'. I've broken one of my own rules.
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