Joe Pickett Books In Order
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Publication Order of Joe Pickett Short Stories/Novellas
| Dull Knife | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
| The Master Falconer | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
| Honor & ... | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
| Precious Cargo | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Joe Pickett Collections
The Joe Pickett series is a series of murder mystery novels written by well known American author named C.J. Box. Each and every book in the Joe Pickett series revolves around the chief protagonist named Joe Pickett. He is depicted as a game warden living in Wyoming. Author Box says that Joe does not think of himself as an action hero, but a humble person who always wants to do the correct things in life.But somehow, he often ends up solving numerous murder cases happening around him. In order to do the characterization of Joe Pickett’s character perfectly, author Box rode with a few of the game wardens in Wyoming. He wanted to make sure that he gets a close look at and experience the lives of game wardens before attempting to create the character. After the completion of his research work, author Box began writing the series in the year 2001.
He completed and released the first book of the series in the same year. The book not only opened to great reviews from one and all, but it also won several prestigious awards. One of them was also won in the category of the ‘Best First Novel’. Since the year 2001, author Box made sure that he writes and publishes at least one book every year. And so far, he has been successful in his attempts.
The debut novel of the Joe Pickett series written by author C.J. Box was published in the year 2001 by the Putnam publication. It was titled as ‘Open Season’. The important characters described in the book include Joe Pickett, Sheridan Pickett, Missy Vankeuran, Vern Dunnegan, Wacey Hedeman, Marybeth Pickett, Lucy Pickett, and April Keeley.
Author Box has set the novel in the town of Saddlestring, Wyoming, the United States. The book opens with the introduction of Joe Pickett as a new game warden in the town of Twelve Sleep, Wyoming. The town is known to be full of people who like to hunt and the game warden is not popular, especially the one like Joe Pickett who neither takes a bribe nor let things happen wrongly. Soon, he stumbles upon the dead body of a hunting outfitter from the local town.
The body was slayed on a woodpile lying behind the state owned home of Joe. After the discovery of the dead body, Joe Pickett begins to handle the matter personally. He thinks that there might be a reason as to why the outfitter, who had indulged with him in run-ins on previous occasions, chose the woodpile in his backyard to die. A couple of other murders involving outfitters come to the notice of the local press, but all of them get solved very soon.
But, Joe does not seem satisfied with the outcomes. Therefore, he continues to investigate the cases on his own. He feels that the explanations given by the police for the outfitter murders were far from being acceptable. As he proceeds with the investigation, Joe comes to know that it was not only the outfitter dead body that was lying outside his back door, but also an endangered species, which was thought to have become extinct. The species lives in the woodpile of Joe.
He knows that if the news of the endangered species still existing goes out, it will stop the InterWest company from building a pipeline of oil through the forests and mountains of Twelve Sleep. This would cause the multi-national gas company a loss of billions of dollars. As Joe keeps moving closer to the truth behind the murders, InterWest oil pipeline, and the endangered species, everything that he considers dear to him keep going away.
The story described by author Box in the novel went on to become a critical success. This helped it win many prestigious awards, including the Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Awards. One of the other books written by author C.J. Box initially in the series is titled as ‘Winterkill’. This book was published in the year 2003 by the Putnam publishers. Once again the story is set in Wyoming, depicting Joe Pickett at the center stage.
The starting scene shows that Joe wakes up during a winter storm in a deep forest near Battle Mountain, with his right hand locked to the steering wheel of his truck and a shotgun in the left one. In front of his truck, Joe sees the corpse of Lamar Gardiner splayed to a tree and riddled with arrows. The murder of Lamar Gardiner and the sudden onslaught of the winter storm warn Joe Pickett to run as far away from the mountains as possible.
But, he knows that the matter is not over as the killer is till out there somewhere in the dense forest, waiting to strike his next target with another arrow, which could possibly be Joe himself. Before he could do so, Joe decides to go on his pursuit on his own and stop him from taking another life. He searches throughout the rugged mountains surrounding the snow-packed Saddlestring town in search of the murderer.
However, the matter takes a horrifying turn when Joe Pickett comes to know that his foster daughter has been abducted by the killer. With this, the case becomes too much personal for Joe. He vows not to stop at anything before finding the killer and setting his beloved daughter free. In the end, the novel turns out to be a masterful performance with utterly unforgettable and darkly compelling descriptions by author C.J. Box.
Along with the story of the book, the readers and critics also enjoyed the beautiful description of the sharp cliffs and the snow-clad wilderness of the landscape of Wyoming. Just like the previously published books of the series, this book too became very much successful. It was highly praised by the readers all across the globe. The readers not only enjoyed reading the novel, but they also appreciated the determined efforts of author Box in developing the novel.
They expressed their appreciation of the intriguing characters and the compelling story of the novel to author Box by numerous ways. This enabled author Box to gain a lot of momentum and focus on his next novels with more dedication.
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Has anyone matched each tv episode with the published book(s) it is based on?
I can’t seem to find the books Dull Knife and The Master Falconer in print. Can you help?
As they are short stories they have only been released electronically.
You can find them in ‘Shots Fired’, a book of short stories by C J Box, mainly Wyoming based.
Re:Charles Preston comments…… Wyoming is in gryfalcon nesting range…..
Have had a spruce grouse in our acreage in Casper,Wy……. Have blue (pine)and ruffed grouse on Casper Mountain. Black footed ferrets thought to be extinct were found on a ranch near Meeteetsee,Wy and captured, placed in captive breeding program and have been successfully reintroduced into the wilds of Wy.
I have enjoyed all of the Joe Pickett books and look forward to many more. Thanks C J Box for some great novels.
Is there a sequel to Breaking Point? Just finished it and what a great read! CJ Box is my favorite author. Incredible talent!
H read every one and can’t wait for the next one due out in March. I just love this series and the down to earth way Joe Pickett handles things. I also like Nate Romanowski and his unconventional way of getting things done. Leave the man alone and he’ll leave you alone. Hurt his family and pay the price.
Have enjoyed every Box book I hv read.? Read Novel first then got started with Pickett. Keep ‘em coming…….I’m gaining fast
Just a minor thing, but sometimes there are small technical errors such as calling a truck a car one minute and in the next calling it an Escalade or a Yukon.
Love the series! However, many errors of biology throughout, e.g. spruce grouse in Wyoming, pine grouse in Wyoming, gyrfalcon nesting in Wyoming, ferret habitat, etc. Minor issues, but does erode credibility even in fiction novels. Otherwise, wonderful storytelling of outdoor adventure and characters well developed.
If that’s the only mistake , that you can find, then the author has done particularly well.