Craig Johnson discusses The Longmire Defense

Craig Johnson has a long history of appearing at The Poisoned Pen, and his appearances are always entertaining. Barbara Peters, owner of the bookstore, recently welcomed Johnson, author of the current Hot Book of the Week. Signed copies of The Longmire Defense are available through the Webstore. https://tinyurl.com/52u7e9cp

Here’s the description of The Longmire Defense.

Walt Longmire faces one of his most challenging crime scenes as he tries to reckon with the revelations of his last case where he confronted the ghosts of his past and questioned the very nature of justice and mercy in the hard country of the West.

Deep in the heart of the Wyoming countryside, Sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire, is called to a crime scene like few others that he has seen.  This crime brings up issues that go back to Walt’s grandfather’s time in Wyoming, as the revelations he learns about his grandfather come back to offer clues and motives for Walt’s investigation.  Filled with back-country action, and with the great cast of characters that readers have come to love with the Longmire series, this new book will be sure to satisfy both long-time readers and those new to the series.


Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction and the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Book Award for fiction. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26.


Even if you don’t watch too many of the YouTube videos of author events, Craig Johnson is such a storyteller, you might want to catch this one.