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Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories Audiobook
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Ten years ago, Craig Johnson wrote his first short story, the Hillerman Award-winning "Old Indian Trick." This was one of the earliest appearances of the sheriff who would go on to star in Johnson's bestselling, award-winning novels and the A&E hit series Longmire. Each Christmas Eve thereafter, fans rejoiced when Johnson sent out a new short story featuring an episode in Walt's life that doesn't appear in the novels; over the years, many have asked why they can't buy the stories in book form. Wait for Signs collects those beloved stories-and one entirely new story, "Petunia, Bandit Queen of the Bighorns"-for the very first time in a single volume, regular trade hardcover. With glimpses of Walt's past from the incident in "Ministerial Aide," when the sheriff is mistaken for a deity, to the hilarious "Messenger," where the majority of the action takes place in a Port-A-Potty, Wait for Signs is a necessary addition to any Longmire fan's shelf and a wonderful way to introduce new readers to the fictional world of Absaroka County, Wyoming.
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“Each of these twelve short stories featuring Sheriff Walt Longmire and theregular Absaroka County cast was released in print on subsequent ChristmasEves, to the delight of Craig Johnson’s fans. They’ve now been gathered togetheron audio—along with one new story—fittingly delivered by George Guidall, whonarrates the Longmire novels. Guidall’s stellar insight into the characters andtheir motivations continues to grow with each new production. Every time heseems perfect, he tops himself as he keys into the delicate balance of spiritualconcerns, compassion, humor, and social commentary. These elements come throughin each story, but especially so in ‘Ministerial Aid.’ Guidallembodies Walt’s concern for his citizens, his amusement at a character’s beliefthat he’s Jesus, and his shock at the fury rained on an abusive husband. Everystory is an aural treat delectable enough to revisit. Winner of the AudioFileEarphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“For a decade, Craig Johnson has brightened the holidays of his fans with a Christmas Eve short story featuring Wyoming county sheriff Walter Longmire. Now these tales, plus one previously unpublished, are collected in a hardcover destined to become a nightstand favorite. (P.S. There is a huge natural constituency for this seasonal treat: Readers of Johnson’s ten Longmire novels and one novella, plus the millions of fans who watch A&E’s new re-blossoming Longmire TV series.)”
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“For fans of Johnson’s Absaroka County sheriff, all the familiar characters fill these stories—Walt, Vic, Henry, Cady, and of course the wild, open spaces of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains.”
— Library Journal (starred review) -
“This story collection featuring the ironic Wyoming sheriff is a must…[Walt Longmire is] one of the most memorable characters is crime fiction today.”
— Publishers Weekly -
“Heartwarming…Sample, savor, and save these [short stories] for special occasions.”
— Booklist
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
Wait for Signs Listener Reviews
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Teryle, 3/8/2020
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Codename Eric, 6/21/2018
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Ingelore Mezger, 9/10/2016
About Craig Johnson
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, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. Death Without Company was selected by Booklist as one of the top ten mysteries of 2006 and won the Wyoming Historical Society’s Award for fiction book of the year. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 25.
About George Guidall
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.