Category: C.J. Box

(Outstanding) In this, the 13th book in the Joe Pickett series, two EPA special agents are found dead on the property of Saddlestring resident, Butch Roberson. Before he knew what was happening, Joe wandered into Butch as he was checking water guzzlers in the wilderness.  They chatted, but, Butch did not seem right.  Joe just…

(A Thriller) Genre:  Mystery…errr, Thriller! – “Force of Nature” is #12 in the Joe Pickett series. Spoiler:  From the end of the last book, Large Merle dies.  😦 Nate Romanowski helps three locals (one he recognizes as the Mad Archer from a few books ago) pull their drifting boat to shore.  They, stupidly, pull weapons…

Genre:  Mystery (George R.R. Martin would be proud) – Wyoming Game Warden, Joe Pickett, finds his relatively new father-in-law tied to the blade of a windmill dead as a door nail. Joe’s beloved (sic) mother-in-law, Missy, has been arrested for his murder and Joe sets out on his own to dig up the facts.  Not…

  Genre:  Mystery (Joe and Nate kick ass) – Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett is about to leave his year long “exile” in Baggs, Wyoming.  Although he is anxious to get home, he has one more wilderness trip to take to make sure everything is in tip-top shape for his replacement. This wilderness area is…

  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…

  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…

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…

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…

— (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…

(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…