title: Spirit of Steamboat: A Longmire Story (A Longmire Mystery)
author:  Craig Johnson 
description: <b>Praise for&#160;<i>Spirit of Steamboat</i></b><br><br>&#8220;A nail-biter.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>&#8220;Johnson is a born storyteller, and he spins this old-fashioned adventure tale deftly&#8230;.An extremely pleasant present for fans of this popular series.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Booklist</i><br><br>&#8220;A suspenseful adventure story&#8230;.Series fans along with adventure and Western readers will raptly devour the details.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Library Journal</i><br><br>&#8220;Like flint to stone, the sparks fly and the humour is brilliant and barbed. . .&#8221;&#8212;<i>Fresh&#160;Fiction</i><br><br>&#160;<br><br><b>Praise for Craig Johnson and the Longmire Series:</b><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;Like the greatest crime novelists, Johnson is a student of human nature. Walt Longmire is strong but fallible, a man whose devil-may-care stoicism masks a heightened sensitivity to the horrors he&#8217;s witnessed. Unlike traditional genre novelists who obsess mainly over every hairpin plot turn, Johnson&#8217;s books are also preoccupied with the mystery of his characters&#8217; psyches.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;Johnson knows the territory, both fictive and geographical, and tells us about it in prose that crackles.&#8221;&#8212;Robert B. Parker<br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;The characters talk straight from the hip and the Wyoming landscape is its own kind of eloquence.&#8221;&#8212;<i>The New York Times </i><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;[Walt Longmire] is an easy man to like&#8230;Johnson evokes the rugged landscape with reverential prose, lending a heady atmosphere to his story.&#8221;&#8212;<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;Stepping into Walt&#8217;s world is like slipping on a favorite pair of slippers, and it&#8217;s where those slippers lead that provides a thrill. Johnson pens a series that should become a &#8216;must&#8217; read, so curl up, get comfortable, and enjoy the ride.&#8221;&#8212;<i>The Denver Post </i><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;A winning piece of work&#8230;There&#8217;s a convincing feel to the whole package: a sense that you&#8217;re viewing this territory through the eyes of someone who knows it as adoring lover and skeptical onlooker at the same time.&#8221;&#8212;<i>The Washington Post </i><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;Johnson&#8217;s pacing is tight and his dialogue snaps.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br>&#160;<br><br>&#8220;Truly great. Reading Craig Johnson is a treat&#8230;[He] tells great stories, casts wonderful characters and writes in a style that compels the reader forward.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Wyoming Tribune Eagle </i>
zlib_text: By Craig J ohnson
  The Longmire S eries
  The Cold Dish
  Death Without Company
  Kindness Goes Unpunished
  Another Man’s Moccasins
  The Dark Horse
  Junkyard Dogs
  Hell Is Empty
  As the Crow Flies
  A Serpent’s Tooth
  Any Other Name
  Dry Bones
  An Obvious Fact
  The Western Star
  Also by Craig J ohnson
  Spirit of Steamboat ( a novella)
  Wait for Signs ( short stories)
  The Highwayman ( a novella)
  S tand- alone E- stories
  ( Also available in Wait for S igns)
  Christmas in Absaroka County ( four stories)
  Divorce Horse
  Messenger
  
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