Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Book Review: “Below Zero” by C. J. Box

    Book Review: “Below Zero” by C. J. Box

      Genre: Mystery (Tearjerker) — Wyoming Game Warden (still on special assignment to the Governor) Joe Pickett’s daughter Sheridan gets voice mail from April.  WTF?  Joe saw April die a few of years ago.  But April knows stuff that only April can know, soooooo it must be her, as unlikely as that seems. A Chicago…

  • “Screaming Fan” by Mike Pihlman

    “Screaming Fan” by Mike Pihlman

    Introduction: Standing in line last night at the Brantley Gilbert concert in Stockton, CA we met a couple of really cool people.  This idea came from one of them.  It was a GREAT concert! —- Young Woman screams at the Brantley Gilbert concert. Man standing in front of her feels his legs wobble when she…

  • Book Review: “Blood Trail” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Blood Trail” by C.J. Box

      Genre:  Mystery — SPOILER ALERT…do not read further if you have not read the previous books —- Several months have passed since the end of “Free Fire” and Game Warden Joe Pickett, special assistant to the Governor of Wyoming, has been tasked to find the killer of several hunters.  He is investigating the killings…

  • Book Review: “Free Fire” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Free Fire” by C.J. Box

    Genre: Mystery   —- SPOILER ALERT!  Do not read this until you have read the previous books —- Joe Pickett was fired from his game warden job in the last book and is now a ranch hand at his father-in-laws ranch. One day he sees a private jet landing at the Saddlestring Airport.  Turns out…

  • Kelli Stanley’s Blog Post

    Kelli Stanley’s Blog Post

    Kelli Stanley is an amazing author and even more amazing person. Here is a blog post that all my readers need to read and absorb. Kelli gave me permission to copy this.   Here is Kelli’s blog address. — The X-Factor Posted on March 24, 2014 by Kelli I’m just back from Monterey and Left Coast Crime. Incredible. Energizing.…

  • “Nurse” by Mike Pihlman

    “Nurse”  by Mike Pihlman

    Nursing is a tough profession. Death, gore, and filth are normal. What is also normal is politics and vengeful head nurses. Day-after-day the Head Nurse was mean to her subordinates. While the nurses worked diligently and cared about their patients, the Head Nurse demeaned them. One day her head was found in the garbage outside…

  • “In Plain Sight” by C.J. Box

    “In Plain Sight” by C.J. Box

    Genre:  Mystery (Scarlett feud) – This is the 6th book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe Pickett is in the cross-hairs of a killer and embroiled in a feud between the brothers (Hank, Arlen, and Wyatt) of a long time Saddlestring family.  Their mother, Opal Scarlett, has disappeared (and is presumed dead) and the fight…

  • Book Review: “Out of Range” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Out of Range” by C.J. Box

    — (Suicide…or Murder?) Genre:  Mystery – This is the fifth book in the Joe Pickett series. Game Warden Joe Pickett has to travel to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to fill in for Will Jensen who has just committed suicide. Leaving his family and arriving at Jackson Hole, Joe feels the pressure immediately.  Several people / groups…

  • Book Review: “Trophy Hunt” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Trophy Hunt” by C.J. Box

    (Thrilling Read) Genre: Mystery — Fishing with his daughters, Wyoming Game Warden, Joe Pickett,  stumbles upon a dead moose. This moose had been dead for awhile, but, no predators have taken a bite. Very odd.  The moose was also mutilated in a very precise manner.  It’s face was removed (as if done with a surgeons…

  • Book Review: “Winterkill” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Winterkill” by C.J. Box

      Genre:  Mystery (Thrilling) – This is the third book in the Joe Pickett series.  I have taken a long time to get back to C.J. Box, but, for the next few months….I will read nothing but Box so I can catch up. In one subplot, Joe is out taking care of his designated area…