Blood Trail is a mystery and thriller novel in the Joe Pickett series by author C. J. Box.
The Mysteries of Joe Pickett by award-winning author C. J. Box are a staple of bestseller lists.
Former game manager Pickett is now an agent who reports directly to the governor.
With someone targeting elk hunters, Pickett faces a potentially deadly showdown when a flamboyant anti-hunting activist rushes into town.
For anyone who has followed the series, Pickett is a evolving character. Box has done an admirable job of taking its protagonist from “newbie” to being a mature and tough (and only occasionally a little shaky) detective in this Wyoming warden series. The story revolves around the regular Box theme, which is the collision of traditional Western values with those who want to tell others how to live. In this story, the conflict presents an anti-hunting activist drawn to Wyoming by a series of assassinations of the camp’s large game hunters. Joe Pickett is of course a man of experience.
