Order of C.J. Box Books

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

Three Weeks to Say Goodbye

Jack and Melissa McGuane are living the dreamuntil theyre told their adopted daughter must be returned to her biological grandfather. And not just any grandfatherhes a powerful federal judge wholl do anything to reclaim custody, even if it means bending the law and sending hired muscle their way. Th...

Blue Heaven

Two children witness a murder in the Idaho woodsand run. What they dont know is that the killers are retired LAPD officers living in a nearby community known as Blue Heaven, a place where cops go to retire and disappear. Blue Heaven won the Edgar Award for a reasonits an incredibly suspenseful, emot...

Treasure State

Cassie is hired by a mysterious anonymous client to find a man whos supposedly deadbut may be behind a cryptic poem thats sending treasure hunters into Montanas wilds. Treasure State mixes classic mystery with adventure, as Cassie finds herself navigating both urban secrets and dangerous terrain. Bu...

The Bitterroots

Cassie agrees to help a former colleague with a supposedly openandshut case defending a man accused of raping a member of the powerful Kleinsasser family. But what begins as a legal favor spirals into a deadly rabbit hole of lies, abuse, and deepseated family dysfunction. The Bitterroots is quieter ...

Paradise Valley

Cassie is backand this time, shes hunting the Lizard King. Paradise Valley is the emotional and literal payoff to the darkness that began in The Highway. Shes been tracking Ronald Pergram for years, and now shes willing to bend every rule to stop him once and for all. But as her sting operation unfo...

Badlands

Cassie Dewell moves from Montana to North Dakota, and lands in Bakken County, a boomtown built on fracking, oil, and crime. When a 12yearold boy named Kyle stumbles across a stash of cocaine and cash during his paper route, he unknowingly paints a target on his back. Badlands is a dualprotagonist no...

The Highway

Cassie Dewell is introduced with a bangand a nightmare. In The Highway, what starts as a story about two teenage sisters driving to visit their father becomes a terrifying plunge into the mind of one of the creepiest villains in modern crime fiction Ronald Pergram, aka The Lizard King. Hes a longhau...

Back of Beyond

A troubled alcoholic cop is called to investigate the death of his estranged brother, a wilderness guide found burnt to death. But the deeper Cody Hoyt digs, the more it looks like murderand the more he suspects that a remote wilderness trip his son is on may be the killers next target. Back of Beyo...

Battle Mountain

Three-Inch Teeth

C.J. Boxs most recent novel is a tour de force. A rogue grizzly is mauling victims across Wyoming, and while that might seem like a typical wildlife issue, Joe Pickett knows better. Theres a human angle heresomeone is using the bear as cover. And worse, Joes longdead enemies seem to be returning in ...

Storm Watch

As a deadly snowstorm rolls into Wyoming, Joe Pickett stumbles upon a secret lab hidden deep in the mountains. The dead man inside? A professor with ties to a shadowy organization that may be working on a biological weaponor a conspiracy involving national security and climate science. Storm Watch i...

Shadows Reel

Shadows Reel opens with the theft of a WWIIera photo album from the local library and a series of seemingly unrelated assaults. Joe begins following a trail of neoNazi paraphernalia, hate crimes, and dark family secrets that stretch back decades. Meanwhile, Marybeth Pickett, the everbrilliant librar...

Dark Sky

Tasked with guiding a Silicon Valley billionaire on an elk hunting tripunder direct orders from the governorJoe Picketts job seems simple play babysitter. But when their party is ambushed and separated in the Bighorn Mountains, it quickly turns into a deadly survival game. Dark Sky is a harrowing wi...

Long Range

When a local judges wife is killed by a longdistance sniper during what was meant to be an assassination attempt, Joe Pickett is brought in to investigatedespite having zero experience with ballistics. Long Range takes Joe out of his comfort zone, not only in terms of skills but in navigating the po...

Wolf Pack

Theres a team of assassins operating in Joes districttechsavvy killers using drones to track and eliminate targets. Theyre called the Wolf Pack, and theyve been contracted to keep secrets buried. But when Joe stumbles onto their activities, he becomes a target himself. Wolf Pack blends modern tech t...

The Disappeared

A wealthy British woman vanishes while staying at an elite Wyoming guest lodge, and Joe is brought in to find her. But the deeper he digs, the more bizarre things get. The lodge is connected to powerful people, and no one wants the truth out. Meanwhile, Nate is following a separate thread involving ...

Vicious Circle

Just when Joe thinks the Cates family is gone for good, Dallas Cates is released from prisonand he wants revenge. The most vengeful villain in the series comes back with a list, and Joe Pickett is right at the top. Vicious Circle plays like a Western vendetta tale, complete with ambushes, showdowns,...

Off the Grid

When a Saudifunded terrorist cell sets up shop in the Red Desert of Wyoming, Joe is pulled into a national security nightmare. But this time, Nate is the tip of the spear. Hes been recruited by covert operatives to infiltrate the groupand eliminate the threat. Meanwhile, Joe is trying to track down ...

Endangered

This time, its personaldeeply, brutally personal. When Joes foster daughter April is found neardead in a roadside ditch, he launches a relentless investigation to find out who did it. The main suspect? A country music star April had been dating. But the deeper Joe digs, the more twisted the case bec...

Stone Cold

Joe is sent to investigate a reclusive millionaire named Wolfgang Templeton whos running a mysterious hightech ranch in the isolated Black Hills. But what looks like a legitimate business quickly reveals itself to be a front for a murderforhire operationwhere targets are selected by clients and elim...

Breaking Point

What happens when a man is pushed too far by bureaucracy? Breaking Point answers that question with terrifying clarity. Joe is investigating a case involving Butch Roberson, a local family man and construction worker who disappears after the EPA files charges against him over minor violations. But s...

Force of Nature

Finally, Nate Romanowski takes center stage. Joe Picketts falconer friend and exSpecial Forces operative has always existed on the fringessilent, deadly, and loyal. In Force of Nature, his past comes crashing down like an avalanche. When a deadly government secret threatens Nates life and anyone clo...

Cold Wind

Joes motherinlaw is accused of murdering her wealthy husband, whose body is found hanging from a wind turbine. Joe doesnt even like her, but he knows a frame job when he sees one. Cold Wind tackles energy politics, family betrayal, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the people youre protecti...

Nowhere to Run

When Joe hikes into the mountains for a final check on an abandoned wilderness area, he stumbles upon twin brothers living offgridand something isnt right. After being attacked and left for dead, Joe realizes these men are part of something far more dangerous than reclusive survivalism. Nowhere to R...

Below Zero

Joes world is upended when he receives a callfrom his daughter April, who died years ago. Or did she? Below Zero is a heartbreaking and highstakes entry that sees Joe racing across states to unravel a kidnapping plot tangled in environmental extremism. Aprils supposed resurrection leads to a chillin...

Blood Trail

Hunters are being murdered and gutted like animals in the Wyoming wilderness, and the medias screaming animal rights terrorism. But Joe Pickett suspects theres more to it than activism. Blood Trail is a chilling blend of serial killer thriller and wilderness noir. Joe partners with the enigmatic out...

Free Fire

A loophole in Yellowstone National Park lawnicknamed The Zone of Deathlets a killer walk free after confessing to a quadruple murder. Enter Joe Pickett, assigned by the governor himself to investigate what the federal government wont touch. Free Fire blends legal thriller with survival horror as Joe...

In Plain Sight

A ranching dynasty is tearing itself apart after the matriarch disappears without a trace, and Joe Pickett is reluctantly dragged into the familys war zone. In Plain Sight is a tangled web of sibling rivalry, land feuds, and psychological warfare, all set in Wyomings sunbaked summer. Joe is already ...

Out of Range

When a fellow game warden apparently commits suicide, Joe Pickett is asked to temporarily take over his district in Jackson HoleWyomings wealthy, elite territory. But something doesnt sit right. The mans behavior had grown erratic, paranoid, and secretive before his death, and Joe suspects foul play...

Trophy Hunt

A mutilated elk. A slaughtered moose. And then a dismembered human body. Joe Pickett cant ignore the signs, especially when the trail leads him toward a serial killer who treats wildlife and humans with the same cold indifference. Trophy Hunt marks a turning point in the series, pushing Joe into psy...

Winterkill

Joe Pickett finds himself caught in a lethal blizzardboth literal and political. When a mysterious death occurs during a federal raid on a local militia compound, Joe is the only one who smells a setup. Winterkill explores the collision between local independence and government force in a chilling, ...

Savage Run

An explosion kills environmental activist Stewie Woods and his wife during a guided nature tour, and Joe Pickett is pulled into the chaos that follows. Savage Run dives into the clash between environmental radicals and corporate interests in Wyomings vast, unforgiving backcountry. Joe suspects the d...

Open Season

Meet Joe Pickett, Wyoming game warden and one of the most principledand stubborncharacters in modern crime fiction. Open Season kicks off his saga with a bang, quite literally, when Joe stumbles upon a murdered man in his own backyard. Most lawmen would cover it up. Joe reports it. That sets the ton...