The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire Series #1) »

Craig Johnson is a recipient of the Wyoming Arts Council Creative Writing Fellowship and has a background in law enforcement.

Award-winning author Craig Johnson's critically acclaimed debut Western mystery takes listeners to the breathtaking mountains of Wyoming for a tale of cold-blooded vengeance. Two years earlier, four high school boys were given suspended sentences for raping a Cheyenne girl. Now, two of the boys have been killed, and only Sheriff Walt Longmire can keep the other two safe. "Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, knows the Western landscape well, and creates stunning and violent scenes of the Rocky Mountains."—Bookmarks

The New York Times - Marilyn Stasio

… the characters (especially the ones he doesn't fuss over) talk straight from the hip and the Wyoming landscape is its own kind of eloquence.