Vivid descriptions that will make you feel the cold but still want to visit Wyoming and have a meal at the Busy Bee.  Colorful, fresh metaphors bring the landscape to life.  The characters are quirky but believable and the laconic dialogue made me laugh out loud. In the face of death and danger, Henry and Walt are still trading barbs and literary quotes. I enjoyed this book 1 - intro to Longmire so much that I slowed down my reading midway to savor the writing a bit longer. Learned a lot about historic rifles, Native American tribes and a bit about Custer.  A fine mix.