A Joe Pickett novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box.
Joe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Yellowstone National Park—a “free-fire” zone with no residents or jurisdiction. In this remote fifty-square-mile stretch a man can literally get away with murder. Now McCann’s a free man, and Pickett’s about to discover his motive—one buried in Yellowstone’s rugged terrain, and as dangerous as the man who wants to keep it hidden.
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The reviews are in...
"this book builds to a lightning strike finish that will leave you breathless and in awe."
-Crimespree Magazine
"C. J. Box is a marvel. I learned more about Yellowstone in the night it took me to read FREE FIRE than I did in 19 years of school."
-Bookreporter.com
"...delivers like a well-oiled rifle taking down its trophy elk at three hundred yards."
-Madison County Herald
"Typical of a Box mystery, the book is deftly plotted and quickly paced, but the back-story in this novel is what is most improbable. In this case reality is stranger than fiction..."
-The Lansing City Pulse
"One of the Hot Releases of 2007."
-Kirkus
"Box's mysteries just keep getting better..."
-The Billings Gazette
"The mystery is well paced and action-packed, and Pickett proves once again to be an appealing hero..."
-The Madison Capital Times
"absorbing...almost unimaginably exotic... Box is after bigger game..."
-The Lexington-Herald Leader
"Once again, recommended for practically everybody..."
-Booklist *STARRED REVIEW*
"...nail-biting suspense and violence until the cliff-hanger of an ending...Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
"The plot is built on an ingenious premise..."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
...absorbing...his best yet...
-Publishers Weekly *STARRED REVIEW*
"The setting, action, new characters and old favorites join together to enrich this compelling tale..."
-The Denver Post
"Box makes brilliant use of the mystery novel as a forum to examine real issues of importance...."
-The Charlotte Observer
"A must read for anyone who's headed for Yellowstone this summer, and highly recommended for everyone else..."
-The Rocky Mountain News
"Box has fashioned a splendid thriller, deftly plotted and skillfully executed..."
-The San Diego Union-Tribune
"the author conveys a vivid sense of the park and its unpredictable topography..."
-The Wall Street Journal
"Joe doesn't let us down, leading us on an exhilarating tour of the park that covers every natural wonder, from showy Old Faithful to secret thermal springs spewing microbes, found nowhere else on earth."
-The New York Times book Review