The 23rd book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe and Nate might be on opposite sides for the first time.

A collection of modern thrillers set in the American West by award-winning author C.J. Box, The Big Sky Collection covers the adventures of private investigator Cassie Dewell, now the basis for the hit TV show Big Sky. Back of Beyond focuses on troubled detective Cody Hoyt as he attempts to solve the death of a friend and rescue his son. Cody and his former partner Cassie team up to track down two missing girls in The Highway. In Badlands, deputy sheriff Cassie must contend with drug smugglers in North Dakota, while Paradise Valley sees Cassie hot on the trail of serial killer the Lizard King. Family feuds in Montana are the background to Cassie’s mission in The Bitterroots, and Treasure State features Cassie on the track of a conman… and buried treasure. Reviews for the Cassie Dewell books ‘Excellent… Box has rarely been better.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Cassie Dewell is a complex and multi-faceted protagonist.’ Book Reporter ‘Joe Pickett may be Box’s main man, but Cassie is equally compelling… Box has become the dominant mystery/thriller author of the mountain West – and deservedly so.’ Booklist

C.J. Box is the award-winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series, now adapted into the hit TV shows Joe Pickett and Big Sky. In this boxset, you can enjoy the first ten gripping novels featuring Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett. Open Season introduces Wyoming Game Warden Joe as he investigates his first murder, a poacher found dead in the Picketts’ backyard. Joe goes on to investigate sinister and mysterious goings-on in the American West, including the explosive death of an eco-warrior in Savage Run, a friend’s suicide and a secondment to a dangerous small town in Out of Range, and a mass murder in Yellowstone. Reviews for C.J. Box ‘Box is the king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Box remains square on target throughout.’ Booklist ‘Box delivers the goods!’ Robert Crais

C.J. Box is the award-winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series, now adapted into the hit TV shows Joe Pickett and Big Sky. Now for the first time you can enjoy a huge selection of C.J. Box’s acclaimed work in one volume with The Box Set. This boxset includes 22 Joe Pickett novels featuring Game Warden Joe as he takes on crimes and sinister goings-on in the dramatic landscape of Wyoming and beyond, and 6 novels in the Cassie Dewell series featuring private investigator Cassie, whose exploits are the origin of the TV show Big Sky. The omnibus also contains Shots Fired, a compilation of short stories featuring some familiar characters, and two gripping standalone thrillers, Three Weeks to Say Goodbye and the award-winning Blue Heaven. This truly is the best of Box: the best of contemporary crime and thriller fiction set in the modern-day American West. Reviews for C.J. Box ‘Box is the king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Box remains square on target throughout.’ Booklist ‘Box delivers the goods!’ Robert Crais

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box’s Treasure State finds Cassie Dewell in Montana on the trail of a con man. Private Investigator Cassie Dewell’s business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who’s disappeared somewhere in the “treasure state”. A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. The trail takes Cassie to Anaconda, Montana, a quirky former copper mining town that’s the perfect place to reinvent yourself. As the case develops, Cassie begins to wonder if her client is telling her everything. On top of that, Cassie is also working what’s easily one of her strangest assignments ever. A poem that promises buried treasure to one lucky adventurer has led to a cutthroat competition and five deaths among treasure-hunters. But Cassie’s client doesn’t want the treasure. Instead, he claims to be the one who hid the gold and wrote the poem. And he’s hired Cassie to try to find him. Between the two cases, Cassie has her hands full. In Montana, a killer view can mean more than just the scenery, and Cassie knows much darker things hide behind the picturesque landscape of Big Sky Country. Treasure State, C. J. Box’s highly anticipated follow-up to The Bitterroots, is full of more twists and turns than the switchbacks through the Anaconda Range.

“Impressive precision and heart-gripping suspense….Good characters, an extra good story, and great scenes of life and death in the wilderness”–New York Times Book Review Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murder–a crime committed from a confoundingly long distance–in the riveting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box. When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzly’s rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit, his wife is severely wounded, and it is up to Joe to find answers–and the shooter. The search for the would-be assassin becomes personal when Nate Romanowski and his young family are targeted by the mysterious shooter. Beset by threats both man-made and natural, the two men must go to great lengths to keep their loved ones safe.

A riveting new novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box. The ties that bind can burn you. Former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over as in private practice. She’s her own boss and answers to no one, and that’s just the way she likes it after the past few tumultuous years. All that certainty changes when an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young woman from an influential family. Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out by the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there’s always something more to the story. The Kleinsassers have ruled this part of Montana for decades, and the Iron Cross Ranch is their stronghold. They want to see Blake Kleinsasser, the black sheep of the family, put away forever for the assault. As Cassie attempts to uncover the truth, she must fight against a family whose roots are tangled and deadly—as well as the ghosts of her own past that threaten to bring her down. With The Bitterroots, master storyteller C. J. Box delivers another searing novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution.

Here together in a convenient ebook bundle, the four thrilling mysteries in the Highway Quartet Collection from Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box: Back of Beyond Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns up dead in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like suicide, but Cody knows Hank better than that. As Cody digs deeper into the case, all roads lead to foul play. After years of bad behavior with his department, Cody in no position to be investigating a homicide. But he will stop at nothing to find out who murdered Hank. And why… The Highway When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them again. The girls—and their car—simply vanish. Convinced by his son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, former police investigator Cody Hoyt begins the drive to the girls’ last known location. As Cody makes his way to the stretch of highway where they went missing, Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle Sullivan aren’t the first girls who have disappeared in this area. This majestic landscape is the hunting ground for a killer. Can Cassie overcome her doubts and lack of experience and use her innate skill? Can Cody Hoyt battle his own demons and find this killer before another victim vanishes on the highway? Badlands Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene. Suddenly he’s in possession of a lot of money—and packets of white powder—and Kyle can’t help but wonder whether his luck has changed…for better or for worse. When a gang war heats up, it’s up to Cassie Dewell to help restore law and order. As she is propelled on a collision course with a murderous enemy, she finds that the key to it all might come in the most unlikely form: a boy on a bike named Kyle. He seems to know something that Cassie does not about what lies beneath the surface of this small and troubled town… Paradise Valley For three years, Investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as the Lizard King whose hunting grounds are the highways and truck stops where runaways and prostitutes are most likely to vanish. Cassie almost caught him…once. Now, she has set what she believes is the perfect trap. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and the blame falls on Cassie. Disgraced, she loses her job. At the same time, Kyle Westergaard, has disappeared and Kyle’s grandmother begs Cassie to find him. Cassie agrees—all the while hunting the truck driver. Kyle’s disappearance may have a more sinister meaning than anyone realizes. With no allies, no support, and only her own wits to rely on, Cassie must take down a killer who is as ruthless as he is cunning.

For three years, Investigator Cassie Dewell has been hunting the serial killer known as The Lizard King. Twice she has come close to taking him, but now, working for the Bakken County, North Dakota sheriff’s department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap. Standing by, ready to close the net are half a dozen undercover officers, including Cassie’s fiancé Ian. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and the blame falls on Cassie

In C.J. Box’s New York Times bestseller, Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it’s the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstad’s new deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell has ever encountered. . . Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. Even though Kyle has been written off as a “slow” kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene. Suddenly he’s in possession of a lot of money—and packets of white powder—and Kyle can’t help but wonder whether his luck has changed…for better or for worse. “Suspenseful—you can’t put it down.’’—Library Journal When the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, it’s up to Cassie to help restore law and order. But is she in over her head? As she is propelled on a collision course with a murderous enemy, she finds that the key to it all might come in the most unlikely form: a boy on a bike named Kyle. He keeps showing up where he doesn’t belong. And he seems to know something that Cassie does not about what lies beneath the surface of this small and troubled town… “The unrelenting cold makes this the perfect beach read.”—Kirkus Reviews

Here together for the first time in a convenient ebook bundle, four thrilling mysteries from Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box: Blue Heaven A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder. Retired policemen from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the local sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. Now there’s nowhere left for William and Annie to hide…and no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins. Rawlins is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses. But in this thrilling mystery novel from C.J. Box, these ex-cops don’t know just how far Rawlins will go to protect William and Annie…and see that justice is done. Three Weeks to Say Goodbye Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call…Angelina’s birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights-and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, will use every trick in the book to make sure it happens. The McGuanes attempt to meet face-to-face with the father and son…but soon it becomes clear that there’s something sinister about their motivations-and that love for Angelina is not one of them. A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where everyone is suspect and no one is safe. Now Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child-even though time is running out… Back of Beyond Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns up dead in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who’s fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. As Cody digs deeper into the case, all roads lead to foul play. After years of bad behavior with his department, Cody in no position to be investigating a homicide. But he will stop at nothing to find out who murdered Hank. And why… The Highway When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them again. The girls—and their car—simply vanish. Former police investigator Cody Hoyt has just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety. Convinced by his son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, he begins the drive south to the girls’ last known location. As Cody makes his way to the lonely stretch of Montana highway where they went missing, Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle Sullivan aren’t the first girls who have disappeared in this area. This majestic landscape is the hunting ground for a killer whose viciousness is outmatched only by his intelligence. And he might not be working alone. Time is running out for Gracie and Danielle…Can Cassie overcome her doubts and lack of experience and use her innate skill? Can Cody Hoyt battle his own demons and find this killer before another victim vanishes on the highway?

‘One of the most talented thriller writers at work today.’ Ten stories from international bestseller C.J. Box, full of dark deeds and dangerous impulses. In ‘Shots Fired’, one of four Joe Pickett stories, Joe’s investigation into a radio call threatens to become his last. In ‘Pirates of Yellowstone’, two Eastern Europeans, strangers in a strange land, find our just how ruthless American tough guys can be. In ‘Le Sauvage Noble’, a Lakota Indian takes a job at Disneyland Paris acting the ‘noble savage’ until he meets a woman who shows him what savage really means. These gripping tales are proof, once again, of why Box is a force to be reckoned with.

Lyle and Juan wait outside the lawyer’s house in ski masks, pistols hidden behind their backs. Shortly after dawn, Paul Parker, an aged lawyer, and his old dog step into the cold. The thugs kill the dog, and take the lawyer hostage. Parker’s day has started badly and is going to get much worse. Once a fine lawyer, Parker’s enthusiasm has slipped with age, and criminals like Lyle are part of the reason for his disillusionment. Years after they last saw each other in court, Lyle is convinced that Parker owes him something. At gunpoint, Lyle and Juan make Parker lead them to the old ranch, to open up a hidden library whose volumes hold the secret to forgotten riches, and the strangest war profiteering scheme to ever come out of the Great Plains.

A dramatic short story of justice both old and new from the New York Times-bestselling author of BREAKING POINT and THE HIGHWAY. The West is not the way it’s portrayed in the movies, but when a man from the East brings trouble for Nate Romanowski and his friend Joe Pickett, a little frontier-style justice may be just what’s called for. An exciting new addition to the series that combines harrowing adrenaline rushes with complex morality, humour, and a landscape described so vibrantly it seems to have a life all its own.

C.J. Box, Wildspoor ‘Op de derde dag van hun huwelijksreis bespijkerden de beruchte milieuactivist Stewie Woods en zijn kersverse bruid bomen in het bos toen ze opgeblazen werden door een ontploffende koe. Tot dat moment waren ze gelukkig getrouwd geweest.’ Jachtopziener Joe Pickett krijgt een melding van een bizarre crime scene diep in de bossen van Twelve Sleep County. Eco-activist Stewie Woods is door een explosie opgeblazen, samen met een vrouw en tien stuks vee. De zaak wordt afgedaan als een mislukte publiciteitsstunt. Maar wat heeft de steenrijke veehouder van de ontplofte dieren te verbergen? En waarom krijgt Joes vrouw mysterieuze telefoontjes van iemand die zegt Stewie Woods te zijn? Joes onderzoek drijft hem diep de bergen in. Met twee onverwachte bondgenoten naast hem en twee huurlingen op zijn hielen, loopt Joe zich vast in het legendarische Savage Run, een levensgevaarlijk, afgelegen ravijn dat onoverbrugbaar lijkt… C.J. Box komt uit Wyoming en zijn thrillers zijn wereldwijde bestsellers, vertaald in 27 landen. Box heeft voor zijn boeken talloze prijzen gewonnen, waaronder een Anthony Award en een Edgar Award. ‘In Wildspoor gebruikt Box een indrukwekkend dubbelperspectief, wisselend tussen Joe Pickett en de belevenissen van twee huurlingen een zenuwslopende achtervolging.’ Washington Post `Box is een van de meest getalenteerde thrillerschrijvers die er zijn.’ Daily Express `De spanning raast voort als een bosbrand.’ People Magazine

When two teens go missing during a clandestine car trip, alcoholic investigator Cody Hoyt is convinced by his son and former partner to search for answers before discovering similar disappearances on a remote Montana highway that point to the work of a serial killer. 125,000 first printing.

Joe Pickett investigates the disappearance of a local businessman, who recently had his intended retirement property declared wetlands and is suspected in the murder of two EPA employees in the latest mystery of the series following Force of Nature and Cold Wind.

The Edgar® Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author delivers a thriller about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone

Blue Heaven is the break-out novel from C. J. Box, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series. A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder—four men who know exactly who William and Annie are. And where their mother lives. Retired policemen from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the local sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. Now there’s nowhere left for William and Annie to hide…and no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins. Rawlins, an old-school rancher, knows trouble when he sees it. He is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses. But in this thrilling mystery novel from C.J. Box, these ex-cops don’t know just how far Rawlins will go to protect William and Annie…and see that justice is done. Blue Heaven is the winner of the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Novel.