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The first book in the series A Killing at Cotton Hill received the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery of 2013.
The newest (and eighth) book in the series is A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary.
At CrimeReads, Shames tagged ten favorite crime novels that "use small-town settings to explore the day's most important and complex issues," including:
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Craig Johnson, Depth of WinterRead about another entry on the list.
Issue: Organized Crime
Walt Longmire, Craig Johnson’s sheriff and hero of fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming, tackles the issue of drugs in Depth of Winter. The head of a violent cartel has kidnapped his daughter. The American and Mexican governments are reluctant to step in, and Walt becomes a one-man army against the cartel.
--Marshal Zeringue