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Stone cold / C. J. Box.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399160769 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 9780425272824 (mass market) :
- Physical Description: 370 pages : 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Putnam Adult ; 2014.
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| Subject: | Pickett, Joe (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Game wardens > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Wyoming > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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Available copies
- 51 of 56 copies available at Sitka.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Grand Forks and District Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 0 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks | M BOX (Text) | 35142002535200 | Mystery Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF BOX (Text) | 35125000110472 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | F BOX (Text) | 35144000113261 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliothèque Ste-Anne Library | FIC BOX (Text) | 31511010020627 | English Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Boissevain-Morton Library | F/Box (Text) | 36266000197512 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bren Del Win Centennial Library | F Box (Text) | 36320000297820 | New Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF BOX (Text)
Donation: 2014 |
35198000538604 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | MYS BOX (Text) | 35146001856236 | Mystery | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-10 |
| Chetwynd Public Library | Fic Box (Text) | 35222000917483 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-03-15 |
| Elkford Public Library | FC BOX (Text) | 35170000363259 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
More information
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2014 February #2
Box's last Joe Pickett novel, Breaking Point (2013), left the reader wondering where the story could possibly go next, with Joe having quit his job in disgust at the government. Perhaps Box wondered the same thing: at any rate, the Wyoming game warden has his old job back and is once again on special assignment for Governor Rulon. A mysterious, moneyed landowner is buying up the northeast corner of the state, possibly engaged in murder for hireâand Nate Romanowski, Joe's enigmatic best friend, just might be involved. After the supercharged fury of the last book, this marks a welcome return to the thing Box does best: putting family man Joe in a dicey situation where, despite his orders to merely observe, his own moral code means he can't help but light the fuse and see where it leads. Being in unfamiliar territory is familiar territory for Pickett, and corrupt-town scenarios are as old as the hills, but Box uses the ploys for maximum suspense, and readers won't mind one bit. It's good to see Pickett writing tickets again.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Box is a brand name, and readers would find his books even if they weren't heralded by a national tour and promotional blitzâwhich, of course, this one is. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2014 March #1
Joe Pickett's fantastical 14th pits him against a nest of assassins that just happens to include his old pal Nate Romanowski. Since Wyoming governor Spencer Rulon got Joe rehired at his old seniority level and with a new raise after he quit the Game and Fish Department after his last run-in with corrupt authority figures (Breaking Point, 2013), Joe's seriously in his debt. So when Rulon sends him undercover to remote Medicine Wheel County to check out rumors that billionaire hedge fund founder Wolfgang Templeton, who's retired to Sand Creek Ranch, is heading a murder-for-hire ring whose soldiers seem to include Nate, Joe agrees to go despite his reluctance to leave his family yet again. Nor is he crazy about the cover story that he's just bringing Medicine Wheel County Game and Fish Warden Jim Latta some pheasants to release into the wild and helping Latta get Templeton's permission to establish several public walk-in areas in Sand Creek. No sooner has Joe met Templeton and peddled his cover story than he realizes that Sheriff R. C. Mead, Judge Ethan Bartholomew and Latta himself are all protecting poachers like Bill Critchfield and Gene Smith. As the killers continue to take out richly deserving targetsâ"Go do some good" is their mantraâJoe effortlessly finds ways to get under Latta's and Templeton's skin and then struggles to reap the whirlwind. Meanwhile, Joe's ward, April, takes up with a possible rapist, and his older daughter Sheridan wonders if a creepy loner in her dorm is about to shoot up her campus. Suspenseful yet routine, with oversized bogeymen who seem more menacing than they really are, ethical dilemmas that dissolve under pressure and an ending that tests your tolerance for coincidence. Below average for this splendid yet checkered series. Copyright Kirkus 2014 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2013 October #1
Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious Black Hills rancher, whose two companions include a "stone cold" killer and, even worse, a bad-news guy from Pickett's past. From the multi-award-winning Box, who's given us 14 Joe Pickett novels and four stand-alones.
[Page 56]. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2014 February #2
In this 14th outing (after Breaking Point), Joe Pickett is back at his job as game warden with a pay increase, retention of his seniority, and the title of "special liaison to the executive branch." Joe is once again working on a special assignment for Wyoming governor Rulon, who has an unhappy relationship with the federal government. To keep the Feds from running roughshod over his state and its citizens, Rulon sends Joe to Medicine Wheel County to investigate quietly a mysterious man named Wolfgang Templeton who might be operating an elite murder-for-hire operation. What Joe uncovers is a tangled puzzle of philanthropy, murder, and corrupt county and state officials, mixed together with the reappearance of his old friend Nate Romanowski and Joe's mother-in-law, Missy Vankueran. Never one to hesitate, Joe jumps right into the fray. At the same time Joe's mind is also with daughter Sheridan's challenges at the university and foster daughter April's obsession with a rodeo star. VERDICT With each book, Box just gets better. Nonstop action, a twisty plot, and great characters make his latest a must-read for fans of this series. [See Prepub Alert, 9/16/13.]âPatricia Ann Owens, formerly with Illinois Eastern Community Colls., Mt. Carmel
[Page 94]. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2014 January #4
Near the start of bestseller Box's exhilarating 14th Joe Pickett novel (after 2013's Breaking Point), the Wyoming game warden receives a summons to the governor's office. Governor Rulon needs Joe to travel to Medicine Wheel County to investigate Wolfgang Templeton, a retired businessman who may be involved in a "high-end murder-for-hire business." Joe's assignment is to gather information on Templeton while assisting the area's game warden, without letting any of the locals know his true purpose or letting "things get western." Meanwhile, Joe's ward, April, is being courted by Dallas Cates, rodeo champion and possible rapist, and his eldest daughter, Sheridan, is getting "a really bad vibe" from a transfer student in her dorm at the University of Wyoming. Unlike your standard-issue action hero, the canny Joe uses his wits, taking time to assess the literal and figurative lay of the land. Box does a good job of working in the backstories of characters and situations, so even new readers should have no problem following along. Agent: Ann Rittenberg, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency. (Mar.)
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