If you are not yet a member, please register now! If you are already a member, you may log in here.
Poll
- Login or register to post comments
- Older polls
If you are not yet a member, please register now! If you are already a member, you may log in here.
'In Plain Sight' brings missing matriarch into focus.
"In Plain Sight," by highly acclaimed crime fiction novelist C.J. Box, is the sixth in his popular series starring Joe Pickett, a hard-working game warden in Wyoming.
This time out, Pickett has a pair of tough problems to solve: Opal Scarlett, the wealthy matriarch of a prominent ranching family, has disappeared, and a twisted, cold-hearted serial killer has vengeance in mind.
Opal's three sons - Hank, Arlen and Wyatt - are fighting with each other over the ranch's vast holdings, but authorities aren't sure whether the nasty family head is dead or alive.
Advertisement
Ex-con John Wayne Keeley feels that he has a score to settle with those responsible for the death of his sister-in-law and her daughter April. Keeley implements a clever plan to kill Wacey Hedeman, a former game warden who is now in prison, then sets his sights on Pickett.
Getting a job on the Scarlett ranch, Keeley institutes a reign of terror against Pickett and his family, adding additional stress to the game warden's already complicated life.
Pickett, ordered off the Scarlett disappearance by his short-sighted boss, obstinately decides to investigate further, unearthing useful information that leads to startling results.
Keeley's warped strategy for vengeance faces unexpected obstacles as the well-plotted tale races to an explosive conclusion.
Although astute mystery fans may figure out a small part of the plot in advance, it's fascinating to follow Pickett as he tries to protect his family, keep his job and stay alive.
Box has created an exceptionally good series of contemporary crime novels full of tense suspense and believable, emotional, well-crafted characters.
While this is a linear sequel to "Winterkill," it still works well for those haven't followed the others in the series.
Box's books are best read in chronological order to enjoy the full development of his characters; each is a solid police procedural set against the backdrop of beautiful, and at times desolate, Wyoming scenery.
By Ray Walsh for the Lansing State Journal. Ray Walsh, owner of East Lansing's Curious Book Shop, has reviewed crime novels and noir thrillers regularly since 1987.
City News
1722 Carey Ave.
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Tel. 307.638.8671
Come and visit Cheyenne Frontier Days and get signed books from CFD Board Member and Volunteer C.J. Box!
807 Barnett
Encampment, WY 82325
Tel. 307.327.5308
http://www.grandencampmentmuseum.org/
Details to come
Highlands Ranch Library
9292 Ridgeline Blvd.
Littleton, CO 80129
Tel. 303-791-7703
http://www.douglascountylibraries.org/
Saratoga Museum Event
(307) 326-5511
Four weeks on the extended New York Times bestseller list...Optioned for film by producers Michael Besman ("About Schmidt") and Cameron Lamb...
This break-out novel from the author of the New York Times Bestselling Joe Pickett novels is "a non-stop thrill-ride…a provocative suspense novel that has you rooting for the characters every step of the way." -- Harlan Coben
A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder—four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children’s fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children.
J. W. Keeley is a man with a score to settle. He blames one man for the death of his brother: Joe Pickett. And now J.W. is going to make him suffer.
Game Warden Joe Pickett returns in a twisting, action-packed tale of greed, power, and murder. And meat.
This time, I wanted to write a mystery. Of course, the previous Joe Pickett novels are considered mysteries, or thrillers set in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming.
WINTERKILL is one of the TOP TEN MYSTERIES OF 2003 according to Oline Cogdill of the South Florida Sun Sentinal: "Few mystery authors who use the environment as a plot foundation are as even-handed an
Laconic Joe Pickett returns to his slightly offbeat duties in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains in C. J. Box's Savage Run.
In advance reviews, Open Season has been pronounced "something special," (Booklist), and it lives up to the billing. It is not C.J.