The Dark Horse
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- ISBN-13
- 9781101054154
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Dark Horse, the fifth installment of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire series, was published in 2009. It continues the series' sense of place -- the sparsely populated jurisdiction of Absaroka County bordering the Cheyenne reservation -- alongside a case for the wry, widowed sheriff to work.
Key facts about The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse is a novel by Craig Johnson. Readers have had it since 2009.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Dark Horse. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781101054154 to find the main one.
The Dark Horse is book 5 of 30 in the Walt Longmire series. The series has 30 published books. However, the series starts with The Cold Dish (2004). Have Courage: Longmire Stories is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 3 November 2026.
That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Have Courage: Longmire Stories is the latest published Craig Johnson book on file, from 3 November 2026.
About Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson is an American novelist best known for the Longmire series, following Walt Longmire, the sheriff of a sparsely populated fictional Wyoming county, as he investigates crimes against the vivid, weathered backdrop of the high plains. See every Craig Johnson book in order.
Its place in Walt Longmire
The Dark Horse is book 5 in the Walt Longmire series. It follows Another Man's Moccasins. It is followed by Junkyard Dogs. See the full Walt Longmire reading order.
Walt Longmire is the longtime sheriff of fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming — a wry, weathered widower closer to retirement than he'd like to admit, working a sprawling, sparsely populated jurisdiction that borders the Cheyenne reservation. Craig Johnson builds each novel around a specific case (a murder, a missing person, a decades-old grudge resurfacing) but the real draw is Walt himself: a lawman who reads Steinbeck and quotes literature between fistfights, navigates Wyoming's brutal winters and moral gray…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101056493
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101057278
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101054154