Hollywood Reporter

More outdoorsy types have welcomed C.J. Box's six novels about Wyoming Fish and Game Warden Joe Pickett, all crammed with action even though Joe's no threat with fists or firearms. In his latest adventure, "In Plain Sight" (Putnam), Joe is forced to take sides in a bitter family dispute over a neighboring ranch whose matriarchal owner has vanished, then menaced by a killer who holds Joe responsible for his loved one's death. Joe's long-running quarrel toward authority means he can't expect any help from his superiors, the cops or the FBI, and he's powerless to vent on anything but a series of cell phones. But Box, having lavished all his audience's frustrations on his everyman hero, lets him act out their deepest fantasies of revenge as well. In the wake of "Brokeback Mountain," it's a pleasure to see another cowboy doing something besides drink, cuss and shoot.