LONG RANGE, the 20th Joe Pickett novel, will debut March 3, 2020
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murder--a crime committed from a confoundingly long distance--in the riveting new novel from #1 New York Timesbestselling author C. J. Box.
When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzly's rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit, his wife is severely wounded, and it is up to Joe to find answers--and the shooter.
The search for the would-be assassin becomes personal when Joe's best friend, Nate Romanowski --just as he's adjusting to the arrival of his first child--falls under suspicion for the crime. It's a race against the clock as Joe tries to clear Nate's name and identify the real shooter, all while deciphering the grizzly encounter. Beset by threats both man-made and natural, the two men must go to great lengths to keep their loved ones safe.
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Love this series! I am only half way through it so glad to know I may never run out of Pickett and family stories! 💕
Keep them coming CJ, great series the Pickett novels. It is like visiting old friends when your books come out.
Totally agree! I am about half way through the books but love them! Have you ever read Paul Doiron's books. They are wildlife stories and the man character, Mike Bowtich, is a game warden.
a good read, Looking forward to reading all of his books.
It was, as always, a fantastic read. I love all of these books and now, Big Sky on ABC airs tomorrow Friday the 13th (eeks!) and even tho The Highway actually scared the crap out of me, I'll watch the show!
Alright, Big Sky is now 4episodes in and while they did change some pretty key elements as you all will notice - I actually like it. It's not as dark and brutal as the books, which I really had to struggle with reading. I'll be the first to say that, as a reader of ALL Box novels, I keep confusing Jenny with Cassie because the onscreen Jenny looks more like book Cassie than the Cassie actress does. I like the levity of the show, the quirky almost "Twin Peaks" schematic of Ronald and the trooper's personalities and relationships. The motive behind the kidnappings is a little jumbled tho, and edges away from the very basic reasons most long haul serial killers do what they do. Even then, I like it better, only because the books were so, so dark. Anyone who goes from the show to the books, on the other hand, will have a dreary surprise LOL.Edit: The only problem I have with this series is, whoever's writing the series, they don't know Montana. They don't know Montana, AND they're using 'identity politics' to make the show stick with the liberal crowds. They changed the hardcore druggy prostitute who was 100% about herself, into a transgender, soft hearted male with alot of emotional baggage. They turned Cassie into a glossy young black woman who belongs in New York City, not in podunk Montana, and take cracks at 'good ole boy'(white man) police politics to explain why she quit the force. While these things might have some legitimacy in other settings, they had nothing to do with the original story (Cassie being an older, slightly chunky, mildly attractive blonde who identified with the average small town female far more than this Cassie does) They even give a suggestion of tenderness between the transgender and Ronald - who I'm not even sure is a killer, since so far, all we see is him kidnapping for sex trafficking and soliciting hookers before the Rick stopped him. Did he kill the hookers prior to meeting Rick? This entire series was about a creepy, actually terrifying black shiny big rig manned by a terrifying murderer. The show has definitely lost that element.
And lastly, Rick continuously talks about 'his America' and how this country should be and used to be. I feel like the screenwriters are taking jabs at the 76+ million conservatives who more or less agree with the same values - but Rick is a psychopath, so the writers are poking fun at the average American. Rick's ideals are completely twisted, but as usual, because liberals write everything in Hollywood Babylon, he's now their poster boy for the 'raging lunatic conservative.' My God, I'm surprised they didn't change his name to Donald.... I wonder how Box feels about all of this, since it's pretty clear that he too, is conservative and actually knows what he's talking about when it comes to Montana and Wyoming.
Ick. I'll finish the show out but I'm starting to wane in interest after Episode 5.
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