Jaya Long is a Native American sixteen-year-old basketball player. A phenom, and the hope of the Lame Deer Morning Stars girls basketball team. With her playing, there’s a chance to win the state championship. But there is a problem. Jaya is also angry, undisciplined and the victim of threatening notes. Last year her sister Jeanie became one of the many missing Native women, and it seems Jaya may be next. When Walt Longmire, Sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, is asked by Jaya's aunt, Tribal Police Chief Long, to get to the bottom of this mystery, he can't refuse. Both to discover what happened to Jeanie, and save Jaya from the same fate. But matters are more convoluted than he expected. Murder is part of the trafficking. Then there are the visions people, including Longmire, keep having. Oh, and he needs to make sure the basketball team wins their victory. This isn’t going to be easy, you can count on that.

This is another exciting Longmire story that draws attention to the very real plague of missing Native women in the United States today, as well as the jolting proof of abuse at Catholic schools for native children. Read this novel for the great story, but remember its true life basis.

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the E-arc copy of Daughter of the Morning Star. It was another excellent addition to the Longmire series. I liked the last couple of books, but this one was top notch. I give it 5 stars for Longmire!

First let me say I am a huge fan of Craig Johnson and I think this book, number 17 in the Walt Longmire series, is another terrific read. Some of his books are heavy on the actions of Walt and the other series regulars ranging from his fellow police officers to local business owners and members of the Cheyenne Indian Nation. And some of his books have more of a mystical, almost other-worldly feel. This book is definitely the latter as Walt joins his long time friend Henry Standing Bear to try and solve the mystery of a teenage girl from the reservation who has disappeared. Adding to this tragedy is the young woman's sister, a star high school basketball player who has started getting threatening notes. Walt and Henry are such fine men with a sense of decency and honor and I always learn something from reading these books. The story line highlights the continued tragedy of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. The statistics quoted in the book are truly horrifying. I look forward to the next book where I think Walt will continue his quest to find out what has happened to so many of the missing Native children.

Craig Johnson has created the world's best sheriff in Walt Longmire. He's loyal to a fault, brave, compassionate, smart, and at times, funny. Every addition to this series is excellent. In this book, Walt is doing a favor for the police chief on the nearby reservation. Native women have been disappearing in frightening numbers and one of the latest is the sister of the star basketball player at the reservation high school. Now the young basketball player is receiving threats and the Native chief has asked for Walt's help. He and his best friend, Henry Standing Bear work to find out the source of the notes and at the same time, search for the missing girl. They accomplish their goals mostly by non-violent means and solve the mystery in the end.

Walt Longmire is a fantastically developed character. The author's description of Walt's world living next to a huge Native American population with their customs and problems is excellent. Walt's dry humor is wonderful and makes the stories more readable and fun. I recommend this series and Daughter of the Morning Star is a great addition. Craig Johnson has another hit.

This book was hands down way better than the last one. I enjoyed the storyline and the mystery involving the old Indian schools which looks to continue on in the next book. We got more of Henry Standing Bear and less of Victoria Moretti which is a definite plus. I love the additions of Lolo and Barrett Long. Keep giving us more with Henry and Walt!

I was apprehensive about reading this book since I was so disappointed in the last entry of this series. It was with some trepidation that I began to read, waiting for the foul-mouth Vic to make her presence know. However, I a very happy to report, that the crude deputy is not prominently displayed in this very interesting story and I immersed myself into the current abysmal record of missing indigenous women on our reservations.

Not only is this an exceptional mystery, but it brings to the forefront the misery, the abuse, and the horrible life led on some of the reservations. I do not believe this gets the publicity it deserves and this narrative of missing women from their native lands will open your eyes to the persistent problem as well as give you a good read.

Highly recommended!

Another Longmire pleaser. Plenty of mystery, action and a cliffhanger ending. There are supernatural plots that will need to be resolved in another story, which is absolutely fine because who doesn’t want to read the next book? Sports features heavily in this novel. Basketball is a metaphor standing in for self respect, life skills and community/family. Yes, the dark side to reservation life is on full display. Substance abuse, violence and the horrible plight faced by native women just trying to survive is shocking. But it’s intended to be shocking. Craig Johnson is fully aware that often the way to draw attention to an injustice faced by women is by hearing about it from a man. The author does not lightly add his voice to this cause. He rarely wades into social injustices with his own opinions, let alone requests for his readers, but in this case he does both. If ever there were a worthy cause to support, this is it. Walt Longmire is a fine sheriff and a good man, but fatally flawed with the unstoppable urge to save those who are beyond saving. We could all stand to be a bit more like him.

A jim dandy book - the beginning is a bit hard to take as he relates the number of native American women who are abused, killed or go missing. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to continue with the book as those facts were so disturbing.. More and more I realize that I have been living a white privileged life without every really realizing it. Women basketball figures prominently in the book as does spirituality...Events occur that seem to be beyond the veil, but so believable and necessary to the story. I think this book may need to be read a couple of times to really get all the meaning out of it. i wouldn't hesitate to recommend the series and sxpecially this book to anyone.

My thanks to NetGalley for making an eARC of this book available to me.

Such a greatly entertaining read this was. This time around we get large portions of Henry and Dog, small yet immensely satisfying portions of Vic, and several scenes of Walt's ongoing feud with Henry's truck, Rezdawg. We've got a nice set of mysteries to solve, more Native American culture and spirituality, and plenty of Walt's dry humor. Pick this one up at your own risk, as you won't be able to get anything else done until you finish it.