In Plain Sight

Zusatztext Praise for In Plain Sight Edge-of-the-chair suspense...Heart-stopping action...[An] unforgettable mystery. Library Journal (starred review) [G]et drawn in just by reading the opening page of In Plain Sight. Just be warned! you'll want to keep the lights burning. Billings Gazette (MT) Box continues to write the sharpest suspense west of the Pecos. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) More Praise for the C. J. Box and the Joe Pickett novels One of today's solid-gold! A-list! must-read writers.Lee Child Picking up a new C. J. Box thriller is like spending quality time with family you love and have missed...It's a rare thriller series that has characters grow and change. An exciting reading experience for both loyal fans as well as newcomers.Associated Press Box is a master. The Denver Post Box knows what readers expect and delivers it with a flourish. Cleveland Plain Dealer Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett strides in big boots over the ruggedly gorgeous landscape of C.J. Box's outdoor mysteries. The New York Times Book Review Riveting...[A] skillfully crafted page-turner. People Will keep you on the edge of your seat. The Philadelphia Enquirer Informationen zum Autor C. J. Box Klappentext Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his own past in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances during a bitter struggle between her sons for control of her million-dollar empire. Joe Pickett is convinced one of them must have done her in. But when he becomes the victim of a series of wicked and increasingly violent pranks, Joe wonders if what's happening has less to do with Opal's disappearance than with the darkest chapters of his own past. Whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect, and wants Joe to pay...and pay dearly. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication April Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 May Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 June Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Acknowledgements Teaser chapter PRAISE FOR . . . In Plain Sight Startling . . . well-plotted . . . an explosive conclusion . . . full of tense suspense and believable, emotional, well-crafted characters. Lansing State Journal Edge-of-the-chair suspense . . . Heart-stopping action . . . [An] unforgettable mystery. Library Journal (starred review) More violence than C. J. Box's other novels and shows the ethical changes in his detective from a bumbling but happy professional to a man with a lot on his conscience. The Dallas Morning News The sixth in the series, and the best. The Toronto Globe and Mail Thrilling and frightening . . . Will satisfy C. J. Box fans well into the night. The Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger Any mystery fan . . . can get drawn in just by reading the opening page of In Plain Sight. Just be warned, you'll want to keep the lights burning. Billings (MT) Gazette Box continues to write the sharpest suspenses west of the Pecos. Kirkus Reviews (starred rev...

Praise for In Plain Sight

“Edge-of-the-chair suspense...Heart-stopping action...[An] unforgettable mystery.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“[G]et drawn in just by reading the opening page of In Plain Sight. Just be warned, you'll want to keep the lights burning.”—Billings Gazette (MT)

“Box continues to write the sharpest suspense west of the Pecos.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

More Praise for the C. J. Box and the Joe Pickett novels
 
“One of today’s solid-gold, A-list, must-read writers.”—Lee Child
 
“Picking up a new C. J. Box thriller is like spending quality time with family you love and have missed...It’s a rare thriller series that has characters grow and change. An exciting reading experience for both loyal fans as well as newcomers.”—Associated Press
 
“Box is a master.”—The Denver Post

“Box knows what readers expect and delivers it with a flourish.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
“Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett strides in big boots over the ruggedly gorgeous landscape of C.J. Box's outdoor mysteries.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“Riveting...[A] skillfully crafted page-turner.”—People
 
“Will keep you on the edge of your seat.”—The Philadelphia Enquirer

Autorentext

C. J. Box is the #1 *New York Times *bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series, five stand-alone novels, and the story collection *Shots Fired. *He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and two Barry awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38 and a French *Elle *magazine literary award. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. He and his wife Laurie split their time between their home and ranch in Wyoming.

Klappentext

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his own past in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances during a bitter struggle between her sons for control of her million-dollar empire. Joe Pickett is convinced one of them must have done her in. But when he becomes the victim of a series of wicked and increasingly violent pranks, Joe wonders if what's happening has less to do with Opal's disappearance than with the darkest chapters of his own past. Whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect, and wants Joe to pay...and pay dearly.

Zusammenfassung
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Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his own past in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances during a bitter struggle between her sons for control of her million-dollar empire. Joe Pickett is convinced one of them must have done her in. But when he becomes the victim of a series of wicked and increasingly violent pranks, Joe wonders if what's happening has less to do with Opal's disappearance than with the darkest chapters of his own past. Whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect, and wants Joe to pay...and pay dearly.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

 

April

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

 

May

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

 

June

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

 

Acknowledgements

Teaser chapter

PRAISE FOR . . . In Plain Sight

“Startling . . . well-plotted . . . an explosive conclusion . . . full of tense suspense and believable, emotional, well-crafted characters.” —Lansing State Journal

“Edge-of-the-chair suspense . . . Heart-stopping action . . . [An] unforgettable mystery.” —Library Journal (starred review)

 

“More violence than C. J. Box’s other novels and shows the ethical changes in his detective from a bumbling but happy professional to …