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In this novella from Craig Johnson’s bestselling Longmire series, Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear explore the isolated Wind River Canyon, where a string of "officer needs assistance" calls point to the ghostly legacy of legendary Arapaho patrolman Bobby Womack. The investigation leads them into a haunting mystery that challenges the boundaries between the living and the supernatural.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Johnson, Craig
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