Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story

Craig Johnson

Nov 2024 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

In the tradition of Wait for Signs and The Highwayman, Craig Johnson is back with a short novel set in the Alaska tundra where a young Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear face off with powerful enemies who will do anything to get what they want.

Tooth and Claw follows Walt and Henry up to Alaska as they look for work after they both returned from serving in Vietnam. While working for an oil company in the bitter cold of winter, they soon encounter a ferocious polar bear who seems hell-bent on their destruction. But it’s not too long until they realize the danger does not lurk outside in the frozen Alaskan tundra, but with their co-workers who are after priceless treasure and will stop at nothing to get it.

Fans of Longmire will thrill to this pulse-pounding and bone-chilling novel of extreme adventure that adds another indelible chapter to the great story of Walt Longmire.

Ratings and reviews

The story is very good. The characters are interesting and also funny. I am concerned that Mr. Johnson has reduced dialog and depth of story over the years and increased pure, almost continual violence. I love his earlier books the most and can reread them continuously. The later ones, not so much. Too violent, too much sustained continuous violence. Please slow the violence down and increase the depth of characters, dialog and personal interest. Thank you.

Tooth and Claw is a great book! It's full of suspense, mystery, and a bit of humor. Walt Longmire is a great character, and I love the setting of Wyoming. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery.

Read in a few hours! Craig always makes me feel as if I'm right there in the story, not just reading. thank you!

About the author

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.