A SERPENT'S TOOTH is a book in Craig Johnson‘s Walt Longmire mystery series. It’s the first book in the series that I’ve read, although it is not the first book in the series; I am reading this series out of order. I think one of the tests of a good series is whether you can pick it up at any point and enjoy it. The Longmire series passes the test.

Longmire, a county sheriff in Wyoming, investigates what first seems to be a Mormon fundamentalist cult . With the help of his undersheriff, deputies, and good friend, he finds that what seemed like a cult later seems to have more to do with the CIA and oil. Whoever they are, they’re dangerous.

I enjoyed this book so much that now I intend to read the rest of the series and wish I had read it in order. Although Johnson ensures that you never have to depend on an earlier book to know what is going on, sometimes he uses three different names for the same person, which confused me. Maybe if I had read the series in order, I would understand right away who the pet names were referring to.

But even if you can get your hands on this book first, I promise, you’ll enjoy it.