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cbabe

(5,742 posts)
5. Just in from the library;
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:37 AM
Jul 2025

Craig Johnson’s latest Walt Longmire ‘Return to Sender’.

Set in the red desert of southern Wyoming, largest living dunes in the US.

Walt goes undercover as a mail carrier on the longest postal route of 300+ miles. He’s searching for the previous mail carrier who has vanished.

Also a UFO cult, new governor putting the screws to Walt over Cady
being the next AG. Henry, Ruby, Lucian cameos. And Dog.

Old west hotels and bars and cars. Rattlesnakes. Coyotes.

Book started strong but too many subplots lost the focus.

But Walt triumphs in the end.

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Starting a reread of the Phil Rickman list. He's a favorite who passed away last year, and I read some of them Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #1
Thanks hermetic Jul 2025 #3
Just finished Tom Lake. Ok but not that great. Started The Mercies by Kieran Hargrave and am really enjoying it. flying_wahini Jul 2025 #2
Thank you hermetic Jul 2025 #6
The Mercies looks great! My library system doesn't have it, but I snagged a used hardcover on ebay for $5. Thanks! Scrivener7 Jul 22 #27
I'm reading a book by Tony Hillerman's daughter Ritabert Jul 2025 #4
Yeah hermetic Jul 2025 #7
I particularly liked "Rock With Wings" where Chee goes to Monument Valley Utah Ritabert Jul 2025 #17
Just in from the library; cbabe Jul 2025 #5
Thanks hermetic Jul 2025 #8
Finished, "Still Life with Crows," by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston Bayard Jul 2025 #9
OK, thanks hermetic Jul 2025 #10
Am back to my Cozy's. Sweet, simple, and predictable. I need that now. Polly Hennessey Jul 2025 #11
Thanks hermetic Jul 2025 #12
Like the cozies by Eva Gates/Vicki Delaney unc70 Jul 22 #26
Good luck with your surgery. mentalsolstice Jul 2025 #13
Thanks hermetic Jul 2025 #14
I'm reading The Hunting Trip by William E. Butterworth III. rsdsharp Jul 2025 #15
How funny hermetic Jul 2025 #16
The cover is closely related to the main character, rsdsharp Jul 2025 #18
Good luck with your surgery, hermetic Number9Dream Jul 2025 #19
Thanks hermetic Jul 2025 #20
Badands by Lee Child and Douglas Preston LogDog75 Jul 2025 #21
Sounds good. Put on library hold list. Thanks. cbabe Jul 2025 #23
Eleven Days of Wonder Huin Jul 2025 #22
May your surgery go perfectly, hermetic! A-Schwarzenegger Jul 2025 #24
Good luck! Akakoji Jul 2025 #25
I just finnished A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay LogDog75 Jul 24 #28
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