Blood Trail ; Bk. 8

Description

Bold, fast-paced, and bloody, Blood Trail is proof that C.J. Box never fails to keep the pages turning. It's elk season in the Rockies, but this year one hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. When the call comes in on the radio, Joe Pickett can hardly believe his ears: game wardens have found a hunter dead at a camp in the mountains - strung up, gutted, skinned, and beheaded, as if he were the elk he'd been pursuing. A spent cartridge and a poker chip lie next to his body. Ripples of horror spread through the community, and with a possibly psychotic killer on the loose, Governor Rulon is forced to end hunting season early for the first time in state history - outraging hunters and potentially crippling the state's income from the loss of hunting license revenue. But when the brutal murders eerily coincide with the arrival of radical anti-hunting activist Klamath Moore, Pickett knows the Governor's ruling is the least of his worries. Are the murders the work of a deranged activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? As always, Joe Pickett is the governor's go-to man, and he's put on the case to track the murderous hunter, as more bodies - and poker chips - turn up.

Reviews

"Box...spins a story crammed with shock and suspense." - "SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE" "Box knows what readers expect and delivers it with a flourish." - "CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER" "An original voice." - MICHAEL CONNELLY "A killer opening." - "TAMPA TRIBUNE" "[Box] continues to be red-hot." - "BOOKLIST" (STARRED REVIEW) "Box ratchets up the suspense in this tightly plotted example of his writing genius." - "LIBRARY JOURNAL"

Author description

C.J. Box is the winner of the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award and the Edgar Award and is also an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist. His novels are US bestsellers and have been translated into 21 languages. Box lives with his family outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Visit his website at www.cjbox.net.