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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.
Spring has finally come to Saddlestring, Wyoming and game warden Joe Pickett is relieved the long, harsh winter is finally over. However, a cloud of trouble threatens to spoil the milder weather—local matriarch and ranch owner 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 is convinced, though, that the local outfitter who was the last to see her alive isn’t responsible for her murder. He begins to believe the reason for Opal’s disappearance is much more twisted and sinister.
Determined to uncover the truth, Joe is attacked and nearly beaten to death by Hank Scarlett's new right-hand man on the ranch—a recently arrived stranger who looks eerily familiar.
When a series of wicked pranks escalate into the most personal kind of violence, Joe starts to doubt what is happening is connected to Opal's disappearance -- but comes instead from the darkest chapters of his own past. And he knows whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect and wants Joe to pay with his job, his home... his blood.
In Plain Sight could be considered a new genre: Ranch Gothic.
Compelling and suspenseful, In Plain Sight is a crackling novel from one of today's best mystery writers. It will go on sale nationwide May 4, 2006.
writes,"...the themes that dominate "In Plain Sight," Box's newest novel, are more personal. Hate. Family.
*STARRED REVIEW* When Wyoming's governor appoints Randy Pope to be the new director of the Game and Fish Department, warden Joe Pickett finds it almost impossible to do his job.
says, "GRADE: A. If you need a good reason to pick up a new mystery, look no further. C.J.
reports, "Joe Pickett - honest, upright and hardworking - tends to attract the meanest villains this side of a spaghetti western...sprightly......Edgar-finalist Box expertly evokes Wyoming's landscape
After an eventful trip to Jackson Hole (OUT OF RANGE, 2005). Wyoming Game and Fish warden Joe Pickett is back in Twelve Sleep County for a homecoming that's anything but homey.
reports, "gripping and thoughtful...rich conflicts and relentless suspense, C.J. Box shows how his hotheaded protagonist makes choices that affect all and forever change the dynamics of family. ..."
says, "Pickett's old-fashioned character is a large part of the charm of Box's series. Another is his choice of setting.
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.
says, "...By the end of this gripping story, Pickett's life is profoundly changed, and his family's future is uncertain at best.
Wyoming Game and Fish warden Joe Pickett - honest, upright and hardworking - tends to attract the meanest villains this side of a spaghetti western, as shown in his sprightly sixth outing in which he
says, ""In Plain Sight" is a modern-day Western mixed with the classical influence of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Box's treatment of family grudges makes for a refreshing read...."
A wild Wyoming saga
The land plays a fateful role in this tale of two families.
Keeping any series balanced between familiar and fresh is tricky. An excellent series is like a tightrope act.
says, "The sixth in a successful and satisfying series, In Plain Sight has more violence than C.J.
Joe Pickett, hero of C. J. Box's series, was a new discovery for me last year. I read one book and then hunted out four more. In Plain Sight is the sixth in the series, and the best.
reports, "In Plain Sight is the sixth in the series, and the best.
STARRED REVIEW* says, "...if you don't know this series, it's high time you started...Despite an encore roster of perps and felonies that plays like a Greatest Hits list from Joe's first five adventur
C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series has taken the detective thriller out of the city and into the plains of Wyoming.
STARRED REVIEW* raves, "...edge-of-the-chair suspense; his prose sings with energy and heart-stopping action... unforgettable..."
Game Warden Joe Pickett is living in a purgatory of his own making. He has made enemies while protecting the environment of Saddlestring, Wyo. His boss hates him and wants to get rid of him.
says, "Box has created an exceptionally good series of contemporary crime novels full of tense suspense and believable, emotional, well-crafted characters...the well-plotted tale races to an explosive
If you need a good reason to pick up a new mystery, look no further. C.J.
says, "What mystery writer Tony Hillerman is to New Mexico, C.J. Box is to Wyoming... crackling good reads..."
Box sights in hot new mystery
Joe Pickett's self-confidence, family and career are in the crosshairs in author C.J. Box's sixth book featuring the troubled, but appealing Wyoming game warden.
reads, "Just be warned, you'll want to keep the lights burning to see if your theories on resolution of the many mysteries in the book hold true -- and you'll be inspired to seek out those earlier Pic
writes, "...crammed with action...Box, having lavished all his audience's frustrations on his everyman hero, lets him act out their deepest fantasies of revenge..."
raves, "...Arguably, Box is steadily staking his claim as the heir apparent to such masters of the genre as Zane Gray and Louis L' Amour.
says, "C.J. Box ain't one of those pale-skinned writers strapped indoors by the dull glow of a computer screen..."
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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.
