Open Season, C. J. Box
Open Season, C. J. Box
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Open Season

Author: C. J. Box

Narrator: David Chandler

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2010


Synopsis

Don’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now available to stream on Paramount+

The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won’t take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile
behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. Even after the discovery of two more bodies, and the resolution of the case by local police, Joe continues to investigate.

As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of this rare species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest,
a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species, and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.

About C. J. Box

Charles James (C. J.) Box Jr. is an American author who has published twenty-one novels. His very popular Joe Pickett series, as well as other works have been translated into many languages, selling millions of copies. Twenty-four of his novels have made the New York Times #1 Best Seller List. Box has received numerous awards, with one very interesting one from the National Cowboy Museum in 2016 for the Western Heritage Award.

Box uses his roots in Casper, Wyoming to give authenticity to his novels. He graduated from the University of Denver in Mass Communications. He has had various jobs: ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, newspaper reporter, editor, owner of an international tourism marketing business. He has had an illustrious career as an author, with some of his novels being adapted for film.

Box resides with his wife and business partner, Laurie on a ranch in Wyoming. They have three daughters and one grandchild.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on February 13, 2018

Are you looking for a new mystery series? Do you like a beautiful western setting with modern day cowboys and outlaws? Do you like your justice served with rawhide, gun oil, and cheap saloon pilsner? Look no further - welcome to the world of Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett whose heart is way bigger t......more

Goodreads review by Charles on August 26, 2022

I will admit that I always wanted to be a game warden which undoubtedly prejudices me in favor of this novel. In Joe Pickett's Wyoming, political patronage to get the job is not mentioned. But keeping the job? That is quite political. With corruption, politics and big business all playing a part. Th......more

Goodreads review by Pam on August 11, 2024

I’m glad I read Badlands by the same author first, as it led me to this one. This is Box’s first book and first in the popular Joe Pickett series. Open Season eventually becomes very good but it takes getting to the second half of the book to get that way. Box must get the back story in place and th......more

Goodreads review by Tim on October 16, 2022

I read the first three Joe Pickett books back in the day. Enjoyed the first two books by C.J. Box, but there's a kidnapping in the third book and I don't handle kidnappings well. I took the books to Recycle Bookstore and moved onto another author. Now all these years later my wife is reading Joe Pic......more

Goodreads review by Jonetta on July 20, 2023

the setup… Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming. He and his pregnant wife Mary Beth and two young daughters, Sheridan and Lucy, live in a small, state-owned home. Joe assumed his new role after his predecessor, a legend, decided to retire. But Joe apparently runs things very di......more