false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173072281m/244099.jpg 244099 4 Joe Picket returns, this time to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Deftly plotted and full of intrigue, <i>Free Fire</i> is C. J. Box's best novel yet. <br/><br/> Joe Pickett, having recently been fired from his job as a Wyoming game warden, is working on his father-in-law's ranch when he receives a call from the governor's office. Governor Rulon-a devious but down-home politico-has a special request, one Joe knows he can't refuse. For weeks, the headlines have been abuzz with the story of Clay McCann, a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in cold blood in a far-off corner of Yellowstone National Park. After the murders, McCann immediately turned himself in at the nearest park ranger station. It seemed like a slam-dunk case for law enforcement-except that the crimes were committed in a thin sliver of land with zero residents and overlapping jurisdiction, the so-called free-fire zone. McCann had taken advantage of a loophole in the law: neither the state of Wyoming nor the federal government can try him for his crime, so he walks out of prison a free man. <br/><br/> Governor Rulon, sensitive to the rising tide of public outrage over the McCann case, wants his own investigation into the murders. The governor will reinstate Joe as a game warden if he'll go to Yellowstone to investigate. Joe, happy to get his badge back, even under these circumstances, agrees. However, it quickly becomes clear to Joe that McCann is deeply involved with some illegal activity taking place in the park-something tremendously lucrative and unusually dangerous. As Joe and his partner Nate Romanowski search in the unlikeliest places to find the key to the murders, they find out that it may be hidden in the rugged terrain of the park itself. 236493 10 5 2007 Free Fire (Joe Pickett #7) total:226|5:61|4:113|3:44|2:7|1:1| 226 904 318 46 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 09:16:35 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 09:23:39 -0700 2009
Touted as being the best CJ Box novel so far, we watch as Joe is fired from his job as Wyoming game warden and is called by the governor to work secretly for him. Joe's been workin...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:12:36 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 16:04:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:35:15 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:20:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 09:20:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 09:32:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 10:56:18 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:09:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 01 19:21:55 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 19:46:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 15:49:49 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 15:51:12 -0700 2007 Box, C.J. – 7th in series
Putnam, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780399154270
First Sentence: A half-hour after Clay McCann walked into the backwoods ranger station and turned over his still-warm weapons, after he’...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 04:55:48 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 04:59:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 12:27:46 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 12:30:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:29:40 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:33:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 13:23:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 05:56:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 24 16:06:53 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 16:07:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:14:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:14:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun May 24 06:05:48 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 06:08:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:54:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 08:56:54 -0700 2009 Filled in Joe's backstory.
Didn't like how things ended with Nate--first time there's been a cliffhanger in this series.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 14:39:48 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 07:54:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:20:42 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:47:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 22:21:34 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 22:24:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 19:43:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 19:54:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 21:25:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:32:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=244099