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A thrilling read set in the American West from New York Times bestseller C.J. Box, award-winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series, now adapted into the hit TV shows Joe Pickett and Big Sky. Joe Pickett's in his last week as the temporary game warden in the town of Baggs, Wyoming, but there have been strange things going on in the mountains, and his conscience won't let him leave without checking them out: reports of camps looted, tents slashed, AND elk butchered. And then there's the runner who simply vanished one day. Joe doesn't mind admitting that the farther he rides, the more he wishes he could just turn around and go home. When he'd first saddled up, Joe had thought of this as his last patrol. What he hadn't known was just how accurate that thought might turn out to be. Because what awaits him is like nothing he's ever dealt with: like something out of an old story, except this is all too real and too deadly. Reviews for Nowhere to Run'This one is his best yet.' Michael Connelly'This stellar novel combines harrowing adrenaline rushes with complex morality.' People'London has its Sherlock Holmes...but Wyoming has Joe Pickett.' NewWest.net'As psychologically complex as it is nail-biting.' Daily Beast
About the author
C. J. Box is the author of over 30 novels including the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series. He has won Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe and Barry Awards, as well as numerous other US and international awards for literature. Two television series based on his novels have been produced (
Big Sky on ABC/Disney+ and
Joe Pickett on Paramount+) with him serving as Executive Producer for both series. He and his wife Laurie live on their ranch in Wyoming.
Follow C.J. Box on @cjboxauthor and cjbox.net
Summary
A thrilling read set in the American West from New York Times bestseller C.J. Box, award-winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series, now adapted into the hit TV shows Joe Pickett and Big Sky.
Joe Pickett's in his last week as the temporary game warden in the town of Baggs, Wyoming, but there have been strange things going on in the mountains, and his conscience won't let him leave without checking them out: reports of camps looted, tents slashed, AND elk butchered.
And then there's the runner who simply vanished one day. Joe doesn't mind admitting that the farther he rides, the more he wishes he could just turn around and go home.
When he'd first saddled up, Joe had thought of this as his last patrol. What he hadn't known was just how accurate that thought might turn out to be. Because what awaits him is like nothing he's ever dealt with: like something out of an old story, except this is all too real and too deadly.
Reviews for Nowhere to Run
'This one is his best yet.' Michael Connelly
'This stellar novel combines harrowing adrenaline rushes with complex morality.' People
'London has its Sherlock Holmes...but Wyoming has Joe Pickett.' NewWest.net
'As psychologically complex as it is nail-biting.' Daily Beast
Foreword
The tenth Joe Pickett novel by award-winning author C.J. Box. Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates strange goings on in the town of Baggs, Wyoming.
