
Debut novel from highly popular New York Times bestseller After twenty-five years as Sheriff of Absaroka County Walt Longmire's hopes of ending his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation Two years earlier Cody was one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl Somebody it would seem is seeking vengeance & Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys & a Sharps 45-70 rifle With lifelong friend Henry Standing Bear & Deputy Victoria ' Vic' Moretti Walt Longmire attempts to see that revenge a dish best served cold is never served at all