He feels that the explanations given by the police for the outfitter murders were far from being acceptable. Therefore, he continues to investigate the cases on his own. A couple of other murders involving outfitters come to the notice of the local press, but all of them get solved very soon.īut, Joe does not seem satisfied with the outcomes. He thinks that there might be a reason as to why the outfitter, who had indulged with him in run-ins on previous occasions, chose the woodpile in his backyard to die. After the discovery of the dead body, Joe Pickett begins to handle the matter personally. The body was slayed on a woodpile lying behind the state owned home of Joe. Soon, he stumbles upon the dead body of a hunting outfitter from the local town. The town is known to be full of people who like to hunt and the game warden is not popular, especially the one like Joe Pickett who neither takes a bribe nor let things happen wrongly. The book opens with the introduction of Joe Pickett as a new game warden in the town of Twelve Sleep, Wyoming. The important characters described in the book include Joe Pickett, Sheridan Pickett, Missy Vankeuran, Vern Dunnegan, Wacey Hedeman, Marybeth Pickett, Lucy Pickett, and April Keeley.Īuthor Box has set the novel in the town of Saddlestring, Wyoming, the United States. Box was published in the year 2001 by the Putnam publication. The debut novel of the Joe Pickett series written by author C.J. And so far, he has been successful in his attempts. Since the year 2001, author Box made sure that he writes and publishes at least one book every year. One of them was also won in the category of the ‘Best First Novel’. The book not only opened to great reviews from one and all, but it also won several prestigious awards. He completed and released the first book of the series in the same year. After the completion of his research work, author Box began writing the series in the year 2001. He wanted to make sure that he gets a close look at and experience the lives of game wardens before attempting to create the character. In order to do the characterization of Joe Pickett’s character perfectly, author Box rode with a few of the game wardens in Wyoming.

Author Box says that Joe does not think of himself as an action hero, but a humble person who always wants to do the correct things in life.īut somehow, he often ends up solving numerous murder cases happening around him. He is depicted as a game warden living in Wyoming. Each and every book in the Joe Pickett series revolves around the chief protagonist named Joe Pickett. The Joe Pickett series is a series of murder mystery novels written by well known American author named C.J.

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