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Cold Wind (Joe Pickett #11)
by
C.J. Box
When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in- law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do-especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin.
But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is...more
But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is...more
Paperback, 388 pages
Published
March 22nd 2011
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Can't say enough good things about C.J. Box! I've gotten to meet him a couple of times and have been so impressed by how gracious and generous he is with his time to all his fans. Cold Wind's issue (there is one in every book) is wind power, government subsidies, and "skimming". If you are disillusioned with capitalism and suspect that it's all about who you know, not what you know, this book is for you.
Best line ever in a book: "Nothing spells trouble like two drunk cowboys with a rocket launc...more
Best line ever in a book: "Nothing spells trouble like two drunk cowboys with a rocket launc...more
First, I must state I won this on First Reads...Now, this book jumped from page one and has not slowed down..enough to where I started it today and have been really slow to put it down...although I have a ton of other books to get through. The book already by the first 100 pages has a couple of motives and potential suspects! Just good readin'
The thing I like most about this book is that I have read one CJ Box book and wasn't that impressed, so I discontinued the series. I have been able to pick...more
The thing I like most about this book is that I have read one CJ Box book and wasn't that impressed, so I discontinued the series. I have been able to pick...more
I'm enjoying this Wyoming author, although I'm a bit annoyed about his continual l reference to the "Twelve Sleep" area. His celebrity big city lawyer sounds an awful lot like another well-known lawyer who live in Jackson Hole. For the most part his characters and country seem pretty real and true. It's always fun to read stories about areas of which you are familiar.
#11 in the Joe Pickett series. As a series entry, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett discovers the murdered body of his father-in-law. It develops that the sheriff is not only not surprised, but has orchestrated the public arrest of Pickett's widely despised mother-in-law, Missy. Missy's ex-husband has told the sheriff that she had asked him to kill her husband and than had done it herself when he refused. Meanwhile, Joe's wife if convinced of her mother's innocence and prevails on Joe to look into...more
This is my first CJ Box book, and obviously the problem with jumping in at the 11th book in a series is missing references to previous cases and being confused about certain characters. This happened a few times in the book, most notably repeated references to a case involving twins in the woods that I still don't get, and the character of April (I'm still not clear on who her parents are and why she's living with Joe and his wife). This didn't stop me from enjoying the book, but I would have ap...more
CJBox and his main character, Joe Pickett, just get better and better. Missy, Joe's evil mother in law, murders her most current husband, Earl Alden. She shoots him throught the heart with his own gun and then, hoists him on to the blade of a wind turbine. Earl, a master"skimmer" of money, was planning to divorce her. He was worth millions. When he married Missy, two of the largest ranches in Wyoming were joined. Earl minipulated his contacts and money to start a huge wind farm. Missy could lo...more
CJ just gets better and better as a writer. I am not a blind CJ fan. I have not been pleased with all of his books but he really has come a long way from his first novel. The story is that Joe Pickett a Fish and Game warden finds a body strapped to the blade of wind turbine. It turns out to be his mother-in-law's newest husband. Joe is asked by his wife to investigate the murder to help exonerate the woman he despises, his mother-in-law. She has been charged with the murder. On a parallel story,...more
The 11th book in the Joe Pickett series. Joe is a game warden in Wyoming. One morning he comes across a body hanging from a wind turbine. The deceased is Earl Alden, fourth husband of Joe’s mother-in-law. Earl was known as a shifty, conniving businessman who owned the largest ranch in Wyoming and was due to make a bundle of money by leasing out his land to a wind turbine company. There are a lot of people who had it out for Earl. He finagled a parcel of land from a neighbor by having it declared...more
Jul 05, 2011
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Wind energy, tax credits, the Mob, and murder are just some of what the reader will experience in reading this book. Joe Pickett, Wyoming game warden, is back again for another adventure mystery. In this book, at the insistence of his wife, Joe is pulled into solving a case that involves his mother-in-law, Missy. Missy is accused of killing "The Earl". Joe and wife Marybeth pursue different angles than the single-focus on Missy, that the Sheriff and County Attorney have decided. Nate Romanowski,...more
I have not read all the C.J. Box books but I have enjoyed all the books I have read by him. This one is no exception. I was not sure Box could top his second book in this series (it starts with an exploding cow) but he has topped it with this book!
The dynamic between all the characters is well written. Some of the characters were so well written that they were truly terrifying.
You could feel the tension between Joe Picket and his mother-in-law. If you have not read the previous books, it can be...more
The dynamic between all the characters is well written. Some of the characters were so well written that they were truly terrifying.
You could feel the tension between Joe Picket and his mother-in-law. If you have not read the previous books, it can be...more
I love CJ Box! He is one of those authors who, as soon as he has a new book coming, I put it on my hold list at the library. I just finished this one this week, and although it's not one of my very favorites (My two favorites: Free Fire and Nowhere to Run. Absolutely EXCELLENT books that can be enjoyed by anyone!) it still had all the elements I appreciate so much about CJ Box books. This is the latest in his series starring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. This time his mother-in-law Missy has...more
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett has wanted his meddling mother-in-law, Missy, out of his life for a long, long time. Not necessarily in prison on a murder charge though the prospect is a bit amusing to him. Something that his wife, Marybeth, does not find amusing in the slightest since it is her mother.
But, within minutes of Joe Pickett’s discovery of Earl’s body at the top of a wind turbine on the ranch that he owns, his wife Missy is placed under arrest. Not only do the police have the weapon...more
But, within minutes of Joe Pickett’s discovery of Earl’s body at the top of a wind turbine on the ranch that he owns, his wife Missy is placed under arrest. Not only do the police have the weapon...more
First Sentence: He set out after breakfast on what would be his last day on earth.
Wyoming game warden, Joe Pickett, makes the very grim discovery of his mother-in-law, Missy’s, newest husband shot in the chest and his body being circulated like a whirligig toy from the blade of an electricity windmill. Missy is arrested for murder and asks Joe to help prove she is innocent. In spite of his dislike for her, he agrees due to his wife and daughters. Joe’s friend, Nate, has his own battles to fight...more
Wyoming game warden, Joe Pickett, makes the very grim discovery of his mother-in-law, Missy’s, newest husband shot in the chest and his body being circulated like a whirligig toy from the blade of an electricity windmill. Missy is arrested for murder and asks Joe to help prove she is innocent. In spite of his dislike for her, he agrees due to his wife and daughters. Joe’s friend, Nate, has his own battles to fight...more
I won Cold Wind and I wish I had realized it was a series when I entered the contest. I simply thought it sounded like a good story that I would enjoy, and I did enjoy it despite not being familiar with the characters.
The murder in this book is unique and sets the tone for the book. Set in Wyoming with its wide open spaces and ridges where the wind blows nearly all the time, a wealthy landowner who happens to be Joe Pickett's latest father-in-law is installing 100 wind turbines. Now I'm in favor...more
The murder in this book is unique and sets the tone for the book. Set in Wyoming with its wide open spaces and ridges where the wind blows nearly all the time, a wealthy landowner who happens to be Joe Pickett's latest father-in-law is installing 100 wind turbines. Now I'm in favor...more
I read C. J. Box when he put out his first Joe Pickett novel in 2001. I thought it was a great debut and picked up the next few as they came out. Well, then I kind of missed a few. I just finished the brand new book ( #11) in this series - Cold Wind - and I'm kicking myself. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this character. Joe Pickett is a game warden in Wyoming. But Joe does a lot more than check hunting licenses and monitor wildlife.
Joe is out patrolling the high ridges - home to the newest...more
Joe is out patrolling the high ridges - home to the newest...more
Game warden, Joe Pickett is back. He has just helped his oldest daughter move to college. Things are going well for Joe until his mother in law calls. Her husband has been gone for quite some time and she is worried. Joe offers to come out and help look for him.
When Joe finds him, it is not good. Earl Alden is dead. Sheriff McLanahan is quick to suspect Mrs. Alden, Joe’s mother in law. Joe must find a way to prove his mother in law’s innocent before it is too late,
Cold Wind is the first Joe Pic...more
When Joe finds him, it is not good. Earl Alden is dead. Sheriff McLanahan is quick to suspect Mrs. Alden, Joe’s mother in law. Joe must find a way to prove his mother in law’s innocent before it is too late,
Cold Wind is the first Joe Pic...more
Well another page turner from CJ Box. I really like this author. His books take on a subject and seems to give them a bit of a tweak. His latest deals with wind turbines, one of the "green" energy sources that may save us all. Or will it?
Of course Joe Pickett is on the case, reluctantly of course. His mother-in-law is accused of murdering her current husband and it's her ex that implicates her for the crime. Missy's husband is big into wind turbines and is making a killing (pun intended). Until...more
Of course Joe Pickett is on the case, reluctantly of course. His mother-in-law is accused of murdering her current husband and it's her ex that implicates her for the crime. Missy's husband is big into wind turbines and is making a killing (pun intended). Until...more
One thing I love is wind power, good stuff and fun to read about. Combine that with an awesome setting like Wyoming and Joe Pickett, and you have a dynamo of a novel. Check this out from Publishers Weekly:
“Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must try to prove that his despised mother-in-law, Missy Alden, isn't guilty of murdering Earl Alden, her fifth husband, in Box's searing 11th Joe Pickett novel (after Nowhere to Run). Pickett's gruesome discovery of Alden's body is followed almost immediately...more
“Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must try to prove that his despised mother-in-law, Missy Alden, isn't guilty of murdering Earl Alden, her fifth husband, in Box's searing 11th Joe Pickett novel (after Nowhere to Run). Pickett's gruesome discovery of Alden's body is followed almost immediately...more
Joe Pickett’s current father-in-law is found swinging from a giant wind mill on a wind farm in the mountains. The sheriff and prosecutor both seem bent on convicting Joe’s mother-in-law Missy for it.
I loved the way Joe managed to keep his cool while trying to help Missy get out of the murder charge. He had little choice of course. His wife Mary Beth bullied him into it. Joe never gives up. He’s like a bloodhound on the trail, but what he finds isn’t always what he expected.
There are times when...more
I loved the way Joe managed to keep his cool while trying to help Missy get out of the murder charge. He had little choice of course. His wife Mary Beth bullied him into it. Joe never gives up. He’s like a bloodhound on the trail, but what he finds isn’t always what he expected.
There are times when...more
The series is strong. For me it synergistically makes each book better and more appealing than they would be alone.
I also for the most part like the characters a lot. Joe Pickett is a compelling, complicated man, the daughters--especially complicated April--are great. I am not nearly as taken with Rambo Nate Romanowski; he is interesting, but seems more like a super hero comic book character than real. Some other characters are excellent, some (the Sheriff and his deputies) a little two dimensio...more
I never miss a book from this series. It's a straight up mystery/thriller, no paranormals, featuring Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett. Joe has a talent for solving problems that goes beyond his usual duties. He's not a dynamite kind of guy, he's more of a sit and think things through sort. But he loves his family, he has a sly sense of humor, he's loyal to his friends, and he's not cowed by money or power. If you like mysteries--and not the kind with little old ladies solving crimes--you should l...more
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett’s mother-in-law, Missy, is arrested for the murder of her fifth husband, Earl Alden, after Joe finds Earl’s body spinning on one of his own wind turbines. Even though there is no love lost between Joe and Missy, Joe has a hard time believing Missy would kill the wealthy man she traded up four times to get, never mind hoist his body on a gigantic wind turbine. Neither the sheriff, looking to ensure his re-election with a high-profile conviction of a woman the local...more
A game warden named Joe who spends more time not doing his job. Interesting. Not having read the preceding ten other mysteries in the series I thought the Nate character living in the cave a distraction. But eventually Nate's lifestyle synchronizes with the murder plot around Joe's mother-in-law. At the same time I started reading this book there was an article in the news about a house in Cheyenne that is the address of corporations numbering in the thousands. That issue comes up in this book w...more
I won a copy on Goodreads Firstreads.
Joe Pickett has a problem.He finds Earl Alden and hanging from one of his wind turbines.The prime suspsect is Joe's much-disliked mother-in-law,Missy.While Joe would be happy to see his Missy found guilty and sent to jail,Joe's wife would rather her mother not go to jail.Joe has to walk a thin line between his sense of duty and his unofficial investigation.As he digs into the case, more and more questions are raised.As a counterpoint to the investigation, Joe...more
Joe Pickett has a problem.He finds Earl Alden and hanging from one of his wind turbines.The prime suspsect is Joe's much-disliked mother-in-law,Missy.While Joe would be happy to see his Missy found guilty and sent to jail,Joe's wife would rather her mother not go to jail.Joe has to walk a thin line between his sense of duty and his unofficial investigation.As he digs into the case, more and more questions are raised.As a counterpoint to the investigation, Joe...more
Once again, Mr. Box has done it! Another exciting, mysterious, suspenseful novel of Joe Pickett & his predicaments. I just love his humor & his outlook. I have to quote one part of the book when he's talking to his wife, Marybeth & he doesn't quite know how to answer all the questions she's firing at him:
"....Sometimes, he said, I think if we traded minds for an hour there'd be so much going on in yours I'd drive off a cliff because I couldn't take all the voices. You, however, woul...more
"....Sometimes, he said, I think if we traded minds for an hour there'd be so much going on in yours I'd drive off a cliff because I couldn't take all the voices. You, however, woul...more
Box racks up another solidly entertaining murder mystery that highlights ecological issues in the Wet. Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett discovers his father-in-law's body spinning from a chain at the top of a massive wind turbine recently established as part of a massive development on his ranch. Soon his mother-in-law Missy is charged, and Joe is tasked by her and his wife to find out the truth, despite his dislike of Missy's gold-digging, manipulative ways. His work involves revealing some of t...more
I have enjoyed most of the previous books in this series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. The stories are good and the characterizartions are excellent and while the setting is not my usual, I find myself easily caught up in it all. I liked this latest more than any of Box's recent efforts. While there is some anti big government agenda, Box fits it so well into the plot you hardly notice someone is preaching(unlike Rita Mae Brown's last few books where her politcal/environmental and w...more
Eh. I'll admit that the ending caught me by surprise but I was so bored by most of the novel that it almost doesn't count. It looks like Alisha had to die to that Nate can focus on the Pickett family in the next novel. I didn't like Nate/Alisha but I liked Alisha a lot and would have loved for her to just break it off with Nate and move on with her life. Blah. Again, Missy, another white woman, gets away with murder. -smh- The dialogue between Nate and Merle was so ridiculous I read it aloud for...more
This seemed a bit livelier than some recent entries in this series and had interesting material about the politics and financing of wind power. Also, it ended on a note of suspense that makes the reader wish to open the next book, now.
This book did not move as quickly as Box's other books. It was a good book but I wouldn't call it fast pace or exciting. On so many levels it was very sad. Another reviewer comment that CJ Box is killing off a lot of secondary characters and I tend to agree with this. Though new ones have come along, it's rather sad that we have lost a few good secondary characters. It was a little different than other books in this series. I would say it was more personal in that the story line affected Joe and...more
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Edgar Award-winning author C.J. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. He's also won the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and the Barry Award. His short stories have been featured in America's Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. 2008 novel BLOOD TRAIL was nominated for the International IMPAC Dubli...more
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