Blood Trail

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Debuting at #26 on the New York Times Best Seller List in it's first week...A Booksense Notable Pick for June

It’s elk season in the Rockies, but this year one hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. When the call comes in on the radio, Joe Pickett can hardly believe his ears: game wardens have found a hunter dead at a camp in the mountains—strung up, gutted, skinned, and beheaded, as if he were the elk he’d been pursuing. A spent cartridge and a poker chip lie next to his body.

Ripples of horror spread through the community, and with a possibly psychotic killer on the loose, Governor Rulon is forced to end hunting season early for the first time in state history—outraging hunters and potentially crippling the state’s income from the loss of hunting license revenue. But when the brutal murders eerily coincide with the arrival of radical anti-hunting activist Klamath Moore, Pickett knows the Governor’s ruling is the least of his worries. Are the murders the work of a deranged activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta?
As always, Joe Pickett is the governor’s go-to man, and he’s put on the case to track the murderous hunter, as more bodies—and poker chips—turn up.

Bold, fast-paced, and sure to be controversial, Blood Trail is proof that C. J. Box never fails to keep the pages turning.

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The Reviews Are In...

"C. J. Box, to put it simply, is a marvelous author, worth reading and keeping for every book, every word, that he writes..."

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It’s a good year indeed when we are blessed with two books by C. J. Box.

Joe Hartlaub, BookReporter.com

"Blood Trail draws the reader in, not in a gradual inviting manner but by the throat with a yank..."

5

In a huge departure from his previous work, C.J. Box in his ninth novel, "Blood Trail," changes perspective by opening with a first- person narrative by a skilled and ruthless hunter.

Leslie Doran, The Denver Post

"Box knows what readers expect and delivers it with a flourish..."

20

Michele Ross

Cleveland Plain-Dealer

Compares to "Hemingway’s best hunting and fishing narratives..."

20

Kinsey Millhone. Hamish Macbeth. Stephanie Plum. Dave Robicheaux. Bennie Rosato. Rumpole of the Bailey.

Michael Ray Taylor,The Nashville Scene

"Writing genius...on a par with...James Lee Burke..."

50

When a hunter is butchered in Wyoming, game warden Joe Pickett and his boss, Randy Pope, set off to investigate. Soon, it becomes clear that someone is systematically killing hunters.

Library Journal

"Box...continues to be red hot..."

50

*STARRED REVIEW* – In January, Box branched out from his popular Joe Pickett series with a stand-along thriller, Blue Heaven (2008).

Booklist

"...he just keeps getting better."

50

"It's no secret that I am a huge C.J. Box fan. I have reviewed virtually everything he has ever written except his daily to-do lists...I said it before; I'll say it again: C.J.

Bruce Tierney, BookPage

"Box's finale is harsh and unpredictable with a finish you won't see coming..."

50

Box is back with a nail-biter

By JC Patterson
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Madison County (MS) Herald

"Where the West gets wild..."

50

Where the West gets wild

by: JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer
6/1/2008 12:00 AM

C.J. Box's latest Joe Pickett adventure takes on issues about hunting

Tulsa World

"Writing beautifully about the Mountain West and its people..."

60

When an elk hunter is shot and gruesomely gutted in Box’s solid eighth Joe Pickett novel (after 2007’s Free Fire), Wyoming governor Spencer Rulon assigns Joe to the investigative team headed by Jo

Publishers Weekly

"This acclaimed series...will stick with you for a long time..."

65

Wyoming Game and Fish Warden Joe Pickett (Free Fire, 2007, etc.) once again at the governor’s behest, stalks the wraithlike figure who’s targeting elk hunters for death.

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Of the villains in the Joe Pickett books, which one would you least like to meet in a dark alley?
Charlie Tibbs (Savage Run)
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Melinda Strickland (Winterkill)
10%
J.W. Keeley (In Plain Sight)
34%
Stenko (Below Zero)
13%
Missy (all the books)
22%
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