Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

Cold Dish is the first in a series about a sheriff in Wyoming. I read one of the later books in the series first (Another Man's Moccasins) and liked it better. The main character, Walt, is interesting, as is his Native American best friend, Henry Standing Bear. And the main plot had potential--a Native American girl with fetal alcohol syndrome, Melissa, is raped by 4 white boys, who pretty much get off scot-free. (And only one of them seems to feel any remorse.) Suddenly, one of the boys is found dead. Then another. Walt is on the case but it takes him FOREVER to solve it and the resolution comes kind of out of nowhere.

With this book, as is sometimes the case with the first in a series, it takes the author a while to establish his/her landscape and characters. In this case, it took way too much time. There are a lot of descriptions of the scenery. And a lot of flashbacks involving Walt and Ben. I know that the author eventually did find his groove because I really enjoyed Another Man's Moccasins. So I'd say give the author a try but start later in the series.