Steeped in the sharp cliffs and the brutal wilderness of the Wyoming landscape, Winterkill (2003) - the third book in the Joe Pickett series - is a masterful performance, darkly compelling and utterly unforgettable.
With vivid prose, the author places all the elements of a classic mystery in a setting where the dangerous beauty of one of America's last frontiers plays accomplice to the darkest of human motives.
Hardback: It's an hour away from darkness with a bitter winter storm raging when Joe Pickett finds himself deep in the forest edging Battle Mountains, shotgun in his left hand, his truck's steering wheel handcuffed to his right - and Lamar Gardiner's arrow-riddled corpse splayed against the tree in front of him.
Lamar's murder and the sudden onslaught of the snowstorm warn: get off the mountain.
But Joe knows this episode is far from over.
Somewhere in the dense timber, a killer draws back his bowstring - with Joe as his prey.
Joe's pursuit of the killer through the rugged mountains that surround the snow-packed town of Saddlestring takes a horrifying turn when his beloved foster daughter is kidnapped.
Now it's personal - and Joe will stop at nothing to get her back.
About the author: A Wyoming native, Box has worked as a ranch hand, a surveyor, a fishing guide and a small-town newspaper reporter and editor. He is the president and CEO of Rocky Mountain International Corporation and lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with his wife and their three daughters. Check out his official website for more information and updates.
Rating: 5/5
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