Blood Trail
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It’s elk season in the Rockies. Game wardens have found a man dead at a mountain camp--strung up, gutted, and flayed as if he were the elk he'd been hunting. Is the murder the work of a deranged anti-hunting activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is the man to track the murderer and stop him, before someone declares open season on humans.
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22 primary books24 released booksJoe Pickett is a 24-book series with 22 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by C.J. Box and C. J. Box.
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These books just keep getting better and better. Excellent plot and character development with each new book. The first few books are a little slow, but Joe Pickett's character gets stronger and the plots get darker and more complex.
As the book opens, Joe Picket is just settling into his new status as a game warden without portfolio. He hasn't a territory of his own and is acting as a general troubleshooter, traveling around the state wherever needed. When someone starts hunting and killing hunters in a most gruesome fashion, the Governor naturally puts Joe on the case as part of a multi-agency investigation. Surprisingly Joe's boss and bane, Randy Pope, becomes directly involved and even seems supportive (if somewhat reluctantly). As the story develops and the body count rises, multiple characters become involved, including a famous man tracker, a well-know animal rights activist, an old nemesis (Vern from book 1), and Joe's friend Nate Romanowski. Local law enforcement continues to be self-serving and largely incompetent. The hunter of hunters remains unidentified and it is up to Joe and Nate to solve the mystery.
There is quite a lot of violence and suspense, and the story ends with a typical C.J. Box twist.
Though the mystery is resolved, Box leaves a few loose strings at the end of this book. One presumes that they will be taken care of in later books.
A solid 4 stars.
