Rick Smith

Walt Longmire returns in this twentieth installment of the award-winning and bestselling series that has been a hit on both the page and the screen. Set in the unsoiled countryside of Wyoming, Sheriff Walt Longmire has to navigate his own increasingly complicated personal life with the ever-changing and often violent underworld that encroaches on what was once referred to as the Old West. This time, he is up against a sinister plot that could hurt the people closest to him and forever change the way he sees his beloved Wyoming.

This week, in Collinsville, Virginia, when a brother & sister pair decide to share a house, the whole family senses trouble, especially since one of them digs holes, in the middle of the night, while always keeping a large outdoor fire going. When one of them disappears, it becomes a huge mystery, with dogs sniffing all over the county. But when the murderer finally admits to doing it, they then make one of the craziest attempt at suicide, in history. This is followed by a process of finding the many pieces of the body, in some odd places, because the killer was obsessed with CSI! This one ...

Books and Bug are polar opposites, despite their friendship. Rumors on the road speak of a hospital in Washing D.C. Leading a small group of survivors, including pregnant women, the two travel in earnest to provide the soon-to-be mothers a safe place to deliver. Bug–a natural, charismatic leader–refuses to leave anyone behind while Books–a pragmatic social outsider–wishes not to be responsible for the safety of others. Together, they're exactly what this group needs to survive. But DC isn't exactly the safe haven they hoped for.

This week, in Elizabeth, West Virginia, a series of events, that can only be described as pure madness, takes place in the back woods. A wild group of people, who eat groundhog, drink vodka, and get into fights, before noon. This all leads to a feud, which seemingly must be settled, today! As the rivals search around the small town, and accompanying hollow, tension builds, then explodes in a public confrontation, with bullets flying! One of the craziest stories you'll ever hear!Along the way, we find out that there are many ways to cook a groundhog, that vodka & grape drink shouldn't accompany...

This week, in Hill City, South Dakota, when bodily is found, horribly murdered, with the head & hands cut off, in a very rural area, it seems like a mystery, for the ages. Until they discover footprints, leading to some very important evidence, and an interesting person, who seems to have been leading up to this, all his life. This also leads to a seriously ridiculous interrogation, and a very unusual court outfit, that seems to do more to inspire terror, than put people at ease! All of this, and the killer still describes it as "The Perfect Crime"!Along the way, we find out that tin is a ...

This week, in Okarche, Oklahoma, a pleasant & picturesque family dinner is interrupted by a lost drifter, knocking at the door. This turns into a nightmare of unspeakable proportion, with death, destruction, and things that the human mind shouldn't be able to think up. From there, it turns into a multi-state crime spree, that leaves a trial of victims & more murder, in their wake. The question is, is of the killers really "the left hand of God", "the sword of vengeance", or "The Blue Angel"? Or, is he just another run of the mill awful, greedy & heartless killer?? Along the way, we find out ...

This week, in Wolf Creek, Oregon, a strange family situation causes some bad feelings, but seemingly nothing that would cause the horrifying, violent, and absolutely unthinkable crime that takes place. And the manner of the actual killing is unnecessarily heartless. It's almost unbelievable to investigators that these people could do this type of terrible murder, to the person it was committed upon, someone they were so incredibly close to. All the legal cases seem solid, but are we just a blink away from one of these people getting out of prison?? Along the way, we find out that Oregon takes ...

Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors - and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now. On the Upper West Side, a recluse is found murdered in his penthouse apartment, alongside two objects of note: a stolen Vermeer painting and a leather suitcase bearing the initials WHL3. For the first time in years, the authorities have a lead - with the suitcase and painting both pointing them toward one man.

This week, in Northport, New York, the teenagers of Long Island, in 1984, are out of control, between the drugs, the crime & all that Satan. One particular duo, which includes a young man known as "The Acid King", takes things to a new extreme, with a brutal & gory murder, that police call a "Satanic sacrifice". The strange thing is that every teenager in town knows about it, and plenty have even seen the body, but it takes weeks for someone to tell. It only gets messier from there, as something even more unexpected happens, followed by a mind blowing conclusion! This is as wild as it gets!! ...

This week, in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, when a teenage girl goes missing, the search take investigators deep into the backwoods. When she is finally found, she happens to be in the main suspect's backyard. This leads to a tip, that chills everyone to the bone... She wasn't the only one. The killer turns out to have a very distinct signature of wrapping denim around the victim's heads, and a seemingly unending hunger for teenage girls. Just when it seems settled, he escapes jail, and disappears. The last hope of finding him rests on the tv show, "Unsolved Mysteries". Will he be found, or stay ...