In Plain Sight
A Joe Pickett Novel
by C. J. Box
Prime Crime
May 1, 2007
ISBN-13: 0425215792
Available in: Paperback
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In Plain Sight
by C. J. Box
A thrilling tale of suspense, vengeance, and murder, featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. Compelling and suspenseful, In Plain Sight is a crackling novel from one of today's best mystery writers.
J. W. Keeley is a man with a score to settle. He blames one man for the death of his brother: Joe Pickett. And now J. W. is going to make him suffer. Spring has finally come to Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is relieved the long, harsh winter is finally over. However, a cloud of trouble threatens to spoil the milder weather—local ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances. Two of her sons, Hank and Arlen, are battling for control of their mother's multi-million-dollar empire, and their bitter fight threatens to tear the whole town apart.
Everyone is so caught up in the brothers' battle that they seem to have forgotten that Opal is still missing. Joe is convinced, though, that one of the brothers killed their mother.
Determined to uncover the truth, he is attacked and nearly beaten to death by Hank Scarlett's new right-hand man on the ranch—a recently arrived stranger who looks eerily familiar.
A series of threatening messages and attempts to sabotage Joe's career follow. At first, he thinks the attacks are connected with his investigation of Opal's disappearance, but he soon learns that someone else is after him—someone with a very personal grudge who wants to make Joe pay . . . and pay dearly.
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C. J. Box's Bio
Box is a Wyoming native and has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small town newspaper reporter and editor, and he co-owns an international tourism marketing firm with his wife, Laurie. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.
Box lives outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming with Laurie and his three daughters.
Joe Pickett is a Wyoming game warden who protects not only endangered species, but unravels the mysteries that threaten his loved ones as well.