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Go west Goodreaders! The Joe Pickett series is among the best running mysteries today. Great characters, strong plots, good action and very little unnecessary chatter or description. Start from the beginning and enjoy the ride!
Long one but standard Joe Pickett. As always, will continue reading when I'm inbetween books.
Interesting snippets on Nate's past in this one which look like they develop in the next book. Luckily the library has that one :)
Hmmm. I liked Alicia. That part of the book was quite good. I wasn't fond of the main story, about wind-farms and government/corporate greed and so forth. Also, Joe's mother-in-law is just awful. And the next book sounds like it could be a barn-burner!
I really liked this book; it was more satisfying than the last book, which ended with a distressing disagreement between Nate and Joe. This one on the other hand ... pretty surprising ending!
Loved it! This was my first C.J.Box Novel and I couldn't put it down, I can't wait to get the next Joe Pickett book!
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has had to deal with a lot more than fish and game licenses whole we've been following him through the pen of C. J. Box, but the discovery of his mother-in-law's latest husband displayed very publicly and very dead may cause him the most trouble of all. A falling out following 2010's Nowhere to Run has left him without the help of his friend Nate Romanowski, and the people investigating the death don't trust him because of his closeness to the whole matter. Domestic issues with their foster daughter April and with his oldest daughter Sheridan off at college complicate matters for Joe, and by the time Nate does re-enter the picture, he has issues of his own to handle.
Box's smooth storytelling style is on good display here, and he's left out some of the silliness that has plagued recent entries of the series. The twists and turns of the investigation can be a little confusing, and Joe often has similar confrontations with different law enforcement folks who want him kept out of things for reasons of their own. Cold Wind doesn't completely escape the silliness, though, as the ending sets up a pretty much unnecessary exploration of Nate's past that strays a good distance from the upright family man doing a hard job that's been the strength of the Joe Pickett series. That will play out in Force of Nature, but it does minimal damage here.
Original available here.
Box's smooth storytelling style is on good display here, and he's left out some of the silliness that has plagued recent entries of the series. The twists and turns of the investigation can be a little confusing, and Joe often has similar confrontations with different law enforcement folks who want him kept out of things for reasons of their own. Cold Wind doesn't completely escape the silliness, though, as the ending sets up a pretty much unnecessary exploration of Nate's past that strays a good distance from the upright family man doing a hard job that's been the strength of the Joe Pickett series. That will play out in Force of Nature, but it does minimal damage here.
Original available here.