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Joe Pickett is back on May 20. Place your order in advance with your bookseller or online to guarantee immediate delivery of BLOOD TRAIL...A Booksense Notable Pick for June

It’s elk season in the Rockies, but this year one hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. When the call comes in on the radio, Joe Pickett can hardly believe his ears: game wardens have found a hunter dead at a camp in the mountains—strung up, gutted, skinned, and beheaded, as if he were the elk he’d been pursuing. A spent cartridge and a poker chip lie next to his body.

Ripples of horror spread through the community, and with a possibly psychotic killer on the loose, Governor Rulon is forced to end hunting season early for the first time in state history—outraging hunters and potentially crippling the state’s income from the loss of hunting license revenue. But when the brutal murders eerily coincide with the arrival of radical anti-hunting activist Klamath Moore, Pickett knows the Governor’s ruling is the least of his worries. Are the murders the work of a deranged activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta?
As always, Joe Pickett is the governor’s go-to man, and he’s put on the case to track the murderous hunter, as more bodies—and poker chips—turn up.

Bold, fast-paced, and sure to be controversial, Blood Trail is proof that C. J. Box never fails to keep the pages turning.

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The Reviews Are In...

"Writing genius...on a par with...James Lee Burke..."

50

When a hunter is butchered in Wyoming, game warden Joe Pickett and his boss, Randy Pope, set off to investigate. Soon, it becomes clear that someone is systematically killing hunters.

Library Journal

"Box...continues to be red hot..."

50

*STARRED REVIEW* – In January, Box branched out from his popular Joe Pickett series with a stand-along thriller, Blue Heaven (2008).

Booklist

"...he just keeps getting better."

50

"It's no secret that I am a huge C.J. Box fan. I have reviewed virtually everything he has ever written except his daily to-do lists...I said it before; I'll say it again: C.J.

Bruce Tierney, BookPage

"Writing beautifully about the Mountain West and its people..."

60

When an elk hunter is shot and gruesomely gutted in Box’s solid eighth Joe Pickett novel (after 2007’s Free Fire), Wyoming governor Spencer Rulon assigns Joe to the investigative team headed by Jo

Publishers Weekly

"This acclaimed series...will stick with you for a long time..."

65

Wyoming Game and Fish Warden Joe Pickett (Free Fire, 2007, etc.) once again at the governor’s behest, stalks the wraithlike figure who’s targeting elk hunters for death.

Kirkus

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