Joe Pickett
21 primary works • 28 total works
Book 24
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts—one animal, one human—in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage—killing, among others, the fiancee of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a list of six names tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.
Targeted are a judge, the county prosecutor, his lawyer, a prison guard—and both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates devises a method of violence identical to the bear killings and sets out to methodically check off his list.
A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage—killing, among others, the fiancee of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a list of six names tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.
Targeted are a judge, the county prosecutor, his lawyer, a prison guard—and both Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates devises a method of violence identical to the bear killings and sets out to methodically check off his list.
The author of the Joe Pickett novels presents 10 suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so well -- and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there -- in a collection that includes four stories that feature Pickett himself.
A collection of stories mostly about Wyoming-- and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there. Though not all of the stories feature Joe Pickett, they are all quirky, surprising crime stories that demonstrate Box's versatility with a diverse array of ideas.
A collection of stories mostly about Wyoming-- and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there. Though not all of the stories feature Joe Pickett, they are all quirky, surprising crime stories that demonstrate Box's versatility with a diverse array of ideas.
J.W. Keeley is a man with a score to settle. He's tracked down the one person he blames for his brother's death: Joe Pickett. And now J.W. is going to make him suffer. Game warden Joe Pickett is relieved that the long, harsh winter is over. However, a cloud of trouble threatens to spoil the milder weather: local ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances. Two of her sons, Hank and Arlen, are battling for control of their mother's multi-million-dollar empire, and their bitter fight threatens to tear the whole valley apart. Everyone is so caught up in the brothers' battle that they seem to have forgotten that Opal is missing. Joe Pickett, the game warden, is convinced, though, that one of the brothers killed her. When a series of wicked pranks escalates into the most personal kind of violence, Joe knows that whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect and wants him to pay...and pay dearly. Compelling and suspenseful, "In Plain Sight" is a crackling novel from one of today's best mystery writers.
Game Warden Joe Pickett returns in a twisting, action-packed tale of greed, power and murder. Attempting to enjoy his mother-in-law's wedding to a local big-shot rancher, he receives some disturbing news: Will Jensen, a fellow Wyoming game warden and good friend, has killed himself. And Joe's been picked to run Jensen's Teton district. Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe's hometown of Saddlestring and he quickly finds himself in over his head in his new job. Yet despite the pressures of his new job and his growing attraction to a married woman, Joe begins to question the circumstances of his friend's suicide and becomes obsessed with finding the reason why. Meanwhile back at home in Saddlestring, Joe's wife, Marybeth, struggling to hold her family together in her husbands absence receives a series of threatening phone calls. There are mysteries to be solved and dangers averted before the truth about Will's death finally emerges.
When a massive explosion occurs deep within the forests of Twelve Sleep County and a colourful environmental activist appears to have perished in the blast, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is called in to help investigate. The case is wrapped up quickly, explained as an environmental publicity stunt gone wrong, but Joe isn't convinced. He soon discovers clues that suggest a deadly conspiracy - one that will test his courage, his survival skills, and his determination to 'do the right thing' despite all costs. Set against the rugged Wyoming landscape, Savage Run is a richly textured novel - and an exciting confirmation of the talents of a writer hailed by Tony Hillerman as 'a great storyteller.'
Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret high-tech facility in this gripping new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Game Warden Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries in his district.
First, Joe finds the professor's vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then he finds the professor's frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, Joe's investigation is obstructed by Federal agents, extreme environmentalists, and Governor Colter Allen.
Meanwhile, Joe's associate, falconer Nate Romanowski, is approached by a shadowy group of local militant activists who are gaining in power and influence, and demanding that Wyoming join other western states in seceding from the Union – by force, if necessary. They ask Nate to throw in his lot with them, but should he trust them, or is he being set up?
As a storm of peril gathers around them, Joe and Nate confront it in different ways – and maybe, for the first time, on opposite sides.
Reviewers on C.J. Box:
'The king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West' Publishers Weekly
'A masterful storyteller who writes sublimely' Irish Independent
When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Game Warden Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries in his district.
First, Joe finds the professor's vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then he finds the professor's frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, Joe's investigation is obstructed by Federal agents, extreme environmentalists, and Governor Colter Allen.
Meanwhile, Joe's associate, falconer Nate Romanowski, is approached by a shadowy group of local militant activists who are gaining in power and influence, and demanding that Wyoming join other western states in seceding from the Union – by force, if necessary. They ask Nate to throw in his lot with them, but should he trust them, or is he being set up?
As a storm of peril gathers around them, Joe and Nate confront it in different ways – and maybe, for the first time, on opposite sides.
Reviewers on C.J. Box:
'The king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West' Publishers Weekly
'A masterful storyteller who writes sublimely' Irish Independent
