C. J. Box

J.W. Keeley is a man with a score to settle. He's tracked down the one person he blames for his brother's death - Joe Pickett. And now J.W. is going to make him suffer.

In Plain Sight

Keernan Lanismore

I really enjoy the Joe Pickett series but this one seemed to be missing something. Not one of my favorites. Maybe because there just wasn’t much of a cohesive story.

Spring has finally come to Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is relieved the long, harsh winter is over. However, a dark cloud 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 murdered 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.

Jackelyn

C.J. Box has yet to write a Joe Pickett story that I don't love. However, this one is particularly gripping. I read the last half in 2 nights. (Just a couple hours) This chapter in the story has it all scandal, murder and about all the best of Joe Pickett's morals. I never thought I would become so invested in the story and family of a fictional game warden.

Content Warnings: Murder, violence, gore, kidnapping, child endangerment, family trauma, poaching.

In Plain Sight

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