Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett
encounters bad behavior on his own turfonly to have the FBI and the DOJ
ask him to stand downin the thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box.****
The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back, after his last adventure in The Disappeared.
The bad news is that hes come to learn that a drone is killing
wildlifeand the drone belongs to a mysterious and wealthy man whose son
is dating Joes own daughter, Lucy.
When Joe tries to lay down
the rules for the drone operator, hes asked by the FBI and the DOJ to
stand down, which only makes him more suspicious. Meanwhile, bodies are
piling up in and around Joes district in shocking numbers. He begins
to fear that a pack of four vicious killers working on behalf of the
Sinaloa cartel known as the Wolf Pack has arrived. Their target seems
to be the mystery man and everyoneincluding Joe, Nate, and otherswho
is associated with him.
Teaming up with a female game warden
(based on a real person, one of the few female game wardens at work in
Wyoming today) to confront these assassins, Joe finds himself in the
most violent and dangerous predicament hes ever faced.
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Praise
Praise for C.J. Box and Wolf Pack
Box is the king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
One
of his most tightly wound tales, with more thrills than a snowy road on
a steep mountain and more authority than the governor of Wyoming.Kirkus ReviewsAs
always, Box takes familiar elements of his long running seriesand
seamlessly combines them into a read that makes your heart race, even
though you wont leave the couch until youve turned the last page. Half
mystery, half thriller, totally worthwhileYou can just about set your
watch by a Joe Pickett novel in March; the number-one-best-selling
authors legion of fans will be counting down the minutes.Booklist
About the Author
C. J. Box is the author of eighteen Joe Pickett novels, five stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38, and has been a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. A Wyoming native, Box has also worked on a ranch and as a small-town newspaper reporter and editor. He lives outside Cheyenne with his family. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages.