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Violence
Some
Murder investigation spanning decades; death row; confrontation
Language
Some
Moderate language; period-appropriate 1972 register alongside present day
Sexual Content
Barely any
Period-appropriate adult content; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; the 1970s sections include the bar culture of that era; Longmire's characteristic drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; how a young man's decision becomes a decades-long question; the psychology of a death row inmate maintaining innocence; Longmire at two ages
What this book is about
The thirteenth Longmire novel alternates between 1972 and the present day, as a young Walt Longmire investigates a murder aboard the famous Western Star train — and the present-day Longmire re-examines that case when a death row inmate claims to know the real killer. Craig Johnson's dual timeline mystery is also a meditation on how the man Walt Longmire was became the sheriff he is.
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