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Zusatztext Praise for Out of Range “Grade A...His best yet...Deserves to be on any list of top American mysteries...If youb haven't yet discovered C. J. Box! don't wait.”— Rocky Mountain News “An unforgettably tense trip into the high country...Box's depiction of family tensions rings true. This fifth in a series is a Western lover's mystery! relying heavily on guns and honor; clearly! Joe's the real sheriff in town.”— Library Journal (starred review) “If anynthing! Box is getting better...Recommended for practically everybody.”— Booklist (starred review) More Praise for the C. J. Box and the Joe Pickett novels “One of today’s solid-gold! A-list! must-read writers.”—Lee Child “Picking up a new C. J. Box thriller is like spending quality time with family you love and have missed...It’s a rare thriller series that has characters grow and change. An exciting reading experience for both loyal fans as well as newcomers.”—Associated Press “Box is a master.”— The Denver Post “Box knows what readers expect and delivers it with a flourish.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer “Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett strides in big boots over the ruggedly gorgeous landscape of C.J. Box's outdoor mysteries.”— The New York Times Book Review “Riveting...[A] skillfully crafted page-turner.”— People “Will keep you on the edge of your seat.”— The Philadelphia Enquirer Informationen zum Autor C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series, five stand-alone novels, and the story collection Shots Fired. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and two Barry awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38 and a French Elle magazine literary award. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. He and his wife Laurie split their time between their home and ranch in Wyoming. Klappentext Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is about to become the hunted in this suspenseful thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. When a good friend and fellow warden kills himself, Joe Pickett is chosen to temporarily run his Teton district. But Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe's hometown of Saddlestring-and it doesn't help that now Joe feels compelled to investigate the circumstances surrounding his friend's suicide. But as he comes closer to the truth, the more his own life spirals out of control-and he realizes if he isn't careful, he may be Jackson's next victim... Part One Our distance from the source of our food enables us to be superficially more comfortable, and distinctly more ignorant. Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild: Essays Moving the keelboat and pirogues upriver required a tremendous effort from each man; consequently they ate prodigiously. In comparison with beef, the venison and elk were lean, even at this season. Each soldier consumed up to nine pounds of meat per day, along with whatever fruit the area afforded and some cornmeal, and still felt hungry. Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West ONE Before going outside to his pickup for his gun, the Wyoming game warden cooked and ate four and a half pounds of meat. He’d begun his meal with pronghorn antelope steaks, butterflied, floured, and browned in olive oil. Then an elk chop, pan-fried with salt and pepper, adding minced garlic to the cast-iron skillet. His first drink, sipped while he was cooking the antelope, was a glass of Yukon Jack and water on the rocks. By the time he broiled a half dozen mourning dove breasts, he no longer bothered with the ice or the water. As he sat down late in the evening with...
