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.
Praise for Open Season
“Meet Joe Pickett: He’s going to be a mystery star.”—Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
“C. J. Box is a great storyteller.”—Tony Hillerman
“A great crime novel.”—Lee Child
“A muscular first novel…Box writes as straight as his characters
shoot, and he has a stand-up hero to shoulder his passionate
concerns about endangered lives and liberties.”—The New York
Times Book Review
“Intriguing, with a forest setting so treacherous it makes Nevada
Barr’s locales look positively comfy, with a motive for murder that
is as unique as any in modern fiction. Pickett is a refreshingly
human and befuddled hero...But it’s Box’s offbeat way of telling
the story that puts it on the best of the year track.”—Los Angeles
Times
“C.J. Box might represent an endangered species himself: a first
novelist who is getting his due…Box’s book has it all—suspenseful
plot, magnificent scenery and a flawed male hero who is tough but
truly connected to his family…profoundly memorable.”—Boston
Herald
“Every few years a first novel appears that immediately sets itself
apart from the crowd. As readers, we feel that special shock of
recognition that announces, ‘Here is something special.’ Taking
dead aim with his first sentence…Box remains square on target
throughout this nearly word-perfect debut...Best of all, the
soft-spoken Joe Pickett is a Gary Cooper for our
time.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A high-country Presumed Innocent that moves like greased
lightning.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Pickett [is] an engaging change from the fast-driving,
trigger-happy male heroes of so many contemporary crime
novels.”—Washington Post Book World
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