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Read an Essay from C.J. Box on Cold Wind.

The extraordinary new Joe Pickett novel from the Edgar Award-winning author. Nowhere to Run was "wonderful" (The Denver Post), "terrific" (Chicago Tribune), and "outstanding" (Publishers Weekly). The new novel from C. J. Box is all that, and more. When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in- law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do-especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin. But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is Missy being set up? He has the county DA and sheriff on one side, his wife on the other, his estranged friend Nate on a lethal mission of his own, and some powerful interests breathing down his neck. Whichever way this goes . . . it's not going to be good.

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Box, C. J. Author
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9780425246917
9781461825197
9780611730572
061173057
9780399157356
9781101486467

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NoveList provides detailed suggestions for series you might like if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
Though Joe Pickett is a Wyoming-based ranger and Guido Brunetti a Venice-based police officer, both series offer complex mysteries (often involving government corruption) in vividly depicted settings. The main characters share strong personal values and a sense of integrity. -- Shauna Griffin
Joe Pickett and Walt Longmire solve contemporary mysteries set against a rural Wyoming backdrop with an Old West feel. Complex puzzles and sympathetic characters drive these mysteries that also feature spare but polished prose and a serious tone, leavened with humor. -- Joyce Saricks
Readers looking for thrillers with a strong sense of place (Wyoming in Joe Pickett; Texas in Garrett Kohl) and determined heroes who will do anything for their land and family will find them in these fast-paced and suspenseful series. -- Andrienne Cruz
Though Joe Pickett is more conservation-focused than Jodi Luna, both of these fast-paced, suspenseful, and sometimes gritty thriller series star resourceful game wardens who uncover terrifying secrets in the wilderness. -- Stephen Ashley
Joe Pickett's Wyoming and Mike Bowditch's Maine are vividly depicted in these suspenseful series, which also offer intricate plots and strong characterization. Both heroes also seem to have a strong moral code -- and a knack for making enemies. -- Shauna Griffin
Though Joe Pickett is a game warden, and Darren Matthews is a Texas ranger, both of these atmospheric series mix compelling criminal investigations with an exploration of larger issues like racism (Highway 59) and environmentalism (Joe Pickett). -- Stephen Ashley
With well-drawn characters set in the great outdoors (a strongly depicted Wyoming for Joe Pickett, and a detailed Montana setting for Sean Stranahan), these mysteries also offer a perspective on controversial -- and particularly Western -- issues. -- Shauna Griffin
These atmospheric and suspenseful series both focus on tough investigators (a game warden in Joe Pickett and a police deputy in Eva 'Lightning Dance' Duran) who discover bone-chilling crimes in their rural homelands. -- Stephen Ashley
These series have the appeal factors suspenseful, atmospheric, and intricately plotted, and they have the genre "thrillers and suspense"; and characters that are "well-developed characters."

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C. J. Box's acclaimed mystery series set in Wyoming, like Tony Hillerman's stories set in Navajo (Diné) territory, offer unpretentious, thought-provoking examinations of issues and characters, and emphasize the importance of values and family. -- Katherine Johnson
If you don't have to have a mystery, try Ivan Doig's books -- his lyrical explorations of the West (usually Montana) make him an interesting suggestion for C.J. Box readers. Rich in tradition, western lore, and family, Doig's compelling stories are complex, character-centered books that may broaden readers' appreciation of the West and its people. -- Dawn Towery
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Published Reviews

Booklist Review

When Joe Pickett's mother-in-law is accused of murdering her latest husband, there's a part of him that can't believe his good luck: the social-climbing harpy has had it in for him ever since he married his beloved Marybeth. Unfortunately, it's hard for him to believe she's guilty. Could a petite woman in her midsixties really hoist a body to the top of a wind turbine and chain it to the spinning blade? What's her motive, anyway? Reluctantly, the dogged Wyoming game warden begins his own investigation, one that seems to ruffle the feathers of just about everybody involved. The eleventh installment in Box's superlative series returns Pickett to his old stomping grounds, Twelve Sleep County, and spins a complicated mystery that entangles familiar series characters in new and surprising ways. Despite Joe's guess that things are going to get real Western, they end with a courtroom surprise ( like fuckin' Perry Mason! as one old-timer observes). But a closing scene promises plenty of action in the next book, featuring fan favorite Nate Romanowski. Box's many fans won't be disappointed. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The 75,000-copy first printing may or may not cover all the devoted fans of Box's long-running series.--Graff, Keir Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must try to prove that his despised mother-in-law, Missy Alden, isn't guilty of murdering Earl Alden, her fifth husband, in Box's searing 11th Joe Pickett novel (after Nowhere to Run). Pickett's gruesome discovery of Alden's body is followed almost immediately by the stage-managed arrest of Missy by Sheriff Kyle McLanahan. Both Missy and Earl have done plenty to earn the enmity of their neighbors, so Missy's arrest benefits McLanahan's bid for re-election, but Pickett is surprised to find county attorney Lisa Rich already convinced the case is solid. Pickett could use the help of his friend Nate Romanowski, but they are on the outs. Meanwhile, Romanowski, hunted by the widow of a man he killed, finds his withdrawal from the world has endangered others. Box parlays a heady mix of Wyoming politics and the advent of wind power into a deadly brew. This engaging series just keeps getting better with each new entry. Author tour. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Library Journal Review

Wind turbines might be touted as a clean alternative to Wyoming's abundant fossil fuels, but the siren call of easy money leads to murder on the sprawling Alden wind farm one August morning. Missy, Joe Pickett's gold-digging, serial monogamist mother-in-law, is arrested for the bizarre murder of her latest catch, Earl Alden. Is she capable of cold-blooded murder? Simultaneously, an old enemy ambushes Joe's outlaw colleague, Nate Romanowski, and his lover. -Nate's grief-driven hunt for revenge adds meaty action to this multistranded tale. Estranged for nearly a year (after the events of Nowhere To Run), Joe and Nate here reconcile, and readers will be riveted by the dilemmas Nate faces in a cliff-hanger plot device. VERDICT Joe's game warden responsibilities take a backseat in this 11th entry in an outstanding series. As Nate's fugitive life becomes more precarious, Joe will again be forced to make decisions that place him outside of his comfort zone as a government man.-Teresa L. Jacobsen, Solano Cty. Lib., Fairfield, CA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Wyoming Fish and Game Warden Joe Pickett's fondest dream becomes his worst nightmare when his loathsome mother-in-law is arrested for murder.Earl Alden, the sixth suitor to take Missy Vankueren Longbrake Alden to the nuptial bed, was proud of the 100 new wind turbines sprouting on his spread, the Thunderbird Ranch. But someone must have disliked both them and him, because Joe finds his corpse chained to the vane of one of them, rotating briskly. Joe's current nemesis, county sheriff Kyle McLanahan, and rookie county attorney Lisa Rich, announce that they've got an airtight case against Missy based on the testimony of an unnamed informant who maintains that she engaged him to kill the Earl of Lexington, who in a reversal of the customary order of things had been preparing to divorce her before she could tire of him. Joe, whose dislike of his overbearing, manipulative mother-in-law crystallized into something harder when she divorced rancher Bud Longbrake, confiscated his family's property and left him empty-handed, finds himself in the unwelcome position of hunting for exculpatory evidence. He'd love to have the help of outlaw falconer Nate Romanowski once more. But Nate, following a serious quarrel with Joe (Nowhere to Run,2010), has gone to ground somewhere he hopes will be safe from the old Special Forces colleagues he suspects have been sent to find and kill him. It looks like both men will be on their own until they collide just in time for a stunning courtroom finale.Joe, who insists that "I'm not on a side," spends more time than he'd like in rooms with ceilings, but the mystery is strong enough to compensate, and the revelations about wind farms will curl your hair no matter which side you're on.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Booklist Reviews

When Joe Pickett's mother-in-law is accused of murdering her latest husband, there's a part of him that can't believe his good luck: the social-climbing harpy has had it in for him ever since he married his beloved Marybeth. Unfortunately, it's hard for him to believe she's guilty. Could a petite woman in her midsixties really hoist a body to the top of a wind turbine and chain it to the spinning blade? What's her motive, anyway? Reluctantly, the dogged Wyoming game warden begins his own investigation, one that seems to ruffle the feathers of just about everybody involved. The eleventh installment in Box's superlative series returns Pickett to his old stomping grounds, Twelve Sleep County, and spins a complicated mystery that entangles familiar series characters in new and surprising ways. Despite Joe's guess that "things are going to get real Western," they end with a courtroom surprise ("like fuckin' Perry Mason!" as one old-timer observes). But a closing scene promises plenty of action in the next book, featuring fan favorite Nate Romanowski. Box's many fans won't be disappointed. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The 75,000-copy first printing may or may not cover all the devoted fans of Box's long-running series. Copyright 2011 Booklist Reviews.

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Library Journal Reviews

Wind turbines might be touted as a clean alternative to Wyoming's abundant fossil fuels, but the siren call of easy money leads to murder on the sprawling Alden wind farm one August morning. Missy, Joe Pickett's gold-digging, serial monogamist mother-in-law, is arrested for the bizarre murder of her latest catch, Earl Alden. Is she capable of cold-blooded murder? Simultaneously, an old enemy ambushes Joe's outlaw colleague, Nate Romanowski, and his lover. Nate's grief-driven hunt for revenge adds meaty action to this multistranded tale. Estranged for nearly a year (after the events of Nowhere To Run), Joe and Nate here reconcile, and readers will be riveted by the dilemmas Nate faces in a cliff-hanger plot device. VERDICT Joe's game warden responsibilities take a backseat in this 11th entry in an outstanding series. As Nate's fugitive life becomes more precarious, Joe will again be forced to make decisions that place him outside of his comfort zone as a government man.—Teresa L. Jacobsen, Solano Cty. Lib., Fairfield, CA

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Publishers Weekly Reviews

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must try to prove that his despised mother-in-law, Missy Alden, isn't guilty of murdering Earl Alden, her fifth husband, in Box's searing 11th Joe Pickett novel (after Nowhere to Run). Pickett's gruesome discovery of Alden's body is followed almost immediately by the stage-managed arrest of Missy by Sheriff Kyle McLanahan. Both Missy and Earl have done plenty to earn the enmity of their neighbors, so Missy's arrest benefits McLanahan's bid for re-election, but Pickett is surprised to find county attorney Lisa Rich already convinced the case is solid. Pickett could use the help of his friend Nate Romanowski, but they are on the outs. Meanwhile, Romanowski, hunted by the widow of a man he killed, finds his withdrawal from the world has endangered others. Box parlays a heady mix of Wyoming politics and the advent of wind power into a deadly brew. This engaging series just keeps getting better with each new entry. Author tour. (Mar.)

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