“Endangered” by C. J. Box
Genre: Thriller Nate and April fight for their lives as a killer family seeks revenge. April Pickett, the adopted daughter of Joe and Marybeth, left three months ago with pro rodeo cowboy, Dallas Cates.
“Stone Cold” by C. J. Box
Genre: Thriller Joe Pickett is sent by Gov. Rulon to investigate a murder-for-hire operation in rural Wyoming. What he finds is terrifying….. Buy It! Nate Romanowski is stalking the man he was hired to kill. He completes that task with typical cold-blooded efficiency. A month later, Joe Pickett […]
“Shots Fired” by C.J. Box
(Short Stories) Genre: Thriller / Mystery – Buy it! – “Shots Fired” is a selection of 10 widely varied short stories. It was interesting reading this book as I read one story and then I was done. Then I read another….done again. I loved them; short sweet and […]
Book Review: “Breaking Point” by 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, […]
Book Review: “Force of Nature” by C.J. Box
(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 […]
Book Review: “Cold Wind” by C.J. Box
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 […]
Book Review: “Nowhere to Run” by C.J. Box
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“Savage Run” by C.J. Box
Genre: Mystery “But this is how they do it. They go after the weakest first. When the mother stays back, the wolves open a hole in her belly and pull out the entrails. Then they wait until she doesn’t have the strength to protect herself, then they’ll […]
“Open Season” by C. J. Box
Genre: Mystery Rating: 5 Water Towers Every now and then I read a book that I simply cannot put down. Open Season is one of those books. This is the debut novel (published in 2001) by C. J. Box and the first time I have read […]
