From Publishers WeeklyBox's riveting fourth Joe Pickett adventure (after 2003's Winterkill) opens on a disturbing note, with the Wyoming game warden's chance discovery of the oddly mutilated body of a moose near his favorite fishing hole. When several mangled cows and two grisly human corpses are added to the macabre menagerie, Joe reluctantly joins a task force to investigate. Bud Barnum, the corrupt sheriff of Twelve Sleep County, attributes the mutilations to birds or a notorious grizzly bear from Joe's jurisdiction, but Joe isn't convinced. Enter paranormal expert Cleve Garrett, who zealously follows mutilation and alien sightings in his recreational vehicle laboratory. Despite ridicule from the task force, Joe interviews Garrett, who supplies little fresh information but gives off creepy vibes. The clues that the quietly heroic Joe gathers from many disparate witnesses, including his own young daughters and a mentally incapacitated fisherman, may point to the otherworldly, but readers will be well satisfied with the all-too-earthly solution to the bizarre crimes. With its credible and sensitively drawn characters, loads of interesting tidbits about the natural world and timely plot, this skillfully crafted page-turner should have wide appeal. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistBox, whose superb Joe Pickett series has nailed some great western issues (ecoterrorism, endangered species, survivalists), here draws a bead on one out in left field: cattle mutilations. When the Wyoming game warden finds a mysteriously mangled moose, he is unnerved. When cows and even humans turn up the same, he finds himself a reluctant member of a special task force. County residents think aliens are responsible and start wearing aluminum-foil hats and finding crop circles in their backyards; Pickett calls the theory "woo-woo crap." This has all the elements that made the first three Picketts so pleasurable: Pickett himself, a bad shot but a good man; a strong supporting cast, especially his family; an inventive plot; and Box's own well-reasoned grasp of the issues. If this one works a hair less well, it may be because of the woo-woo crap itself. Although there's a believable motive behind some of it, there's also a touch of the supernatural that doesn't quite fit. Still, there's nothing wrong with being merely excellent instead of state-of-the-art once in a while. Keir GraffCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Trophy Hunt (A Joe Pickett Novel)

Trophy Hunt (Joe Pickett, #4)

Box, C. J.

C. J. Box

Penguin Publishing Group

Atlantic Books, Limited

Berkley Prime Crime

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Boulevard Books

Canongate Books

Berkley Books

Tuskar Rock

Corvus

A Joe Pickett Novel ; Book 4, Berkley Prime Crime mass market ed, New York, 2004

Joe Pickett novel, Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed, New York, 2005, ©2004

Berkley Mass-Market Edition, New York, New York, 2012

Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3), New York, 2011

Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed, 2005

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

United States, United States of America

Joe Pickett novels, London, 2011

Main, 2011-05-01

First, PS, 2005

April 5, 2005

lg_fict_id_392512

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) PART ONE
1.1. (p2) 1
1.2. (p3) 2
1.3. (p4) 3
1.4. (p5) 4
1.5. (p6) 5
1.6. (p7) 6
1.7. (p8) 7
1.7.1. (p9) THEY'RE BAAAACK
1.8. (p10) 8
1.9. (p11) 9
1.10. (p12) 10
2. (p13) PART TWO
2.1. (p14) 11
2.2. (p15) 12
2.3. (p16) 13
2.4. (p17) 14
2.5. (p18) 15
2.6. (p19) 16
2.7. (p20) 17
2.8. (p21) 18
2.9. (p22) 19
3. (p23) PART THREE
3.1. (p24) 20
3.2. (p25) 21
3.3. (p26) 22
3.4. (p27) 23
3.5. (p28) 24
3.6. (p29) 25
3.7. (p30) 26
3.8. (p31) 27
3.9. (p32) 28
3.10. (p33) 29
3.11. (p34) 30
3.12. (p35) 31
3.13. (p36) 32
3.14. (p37) 33
3.15. (p38) 34
3.16. (p39) 35
3.17. (p40) 36
3.18. (p41) 37
3.19. (p42) 38
3.20. (p43) 39
4. (p44) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4.1. (p45) 1
4.2. (p46) 2

<p><P>Local authorities are quick to label a rash of animal mutilations the work of a grizzly bear, but Joe Pickett suspects that something far more sinister is afoot. And when the bodies of two men are found disfigured in the same way, his worst fears are confirmed&#58; a modern-day Jack the Ripper is on the loose&#151;and the killings have just begun.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Box's riveting fourth Joe Pickett adventure (after 2003's Winterkill) opens on a disturbing note, with the Wyoming game warden's chance discovery of the oddly mutilated body of a moose near his favorite fishing hole. When several mangled cows and two grisly human corpses are added to the macabre menagerie, Joe reluctantly joins a task force to investigate. Bud Barnum, the corrupt sheriff of Twelve Sleep County, attributes the mutilations to birds or a notorious grizzly bear from Joe's jurisdiction, but Joe isn't convinced. Enter paranormal expert Cleve Garrett, who zealously follows mutilation and alien sightings in his recreational vehicle laboratory. Despite ridicule from the task force, Joe interviews Garrett, who supplies little fresh information but gives off creepy vibes. The clues that the quietly heroic Joe gathers from many disparate witnesses, including his own young daughters and a mentally incapacitated fisherman, may point to the otherworldly, but readers will be well satisfied with the all-too-earthly solution to the bizarre crimes. With its credible and sensitively drawn characters, loads of interesting tidbits about the natural world and timely plot, this skillfully crafted page-turner should have wide appeal. Agent, Ann Rittenberg. Author tour. (July 1) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.</p>

Overview: It's an idyllic late-summer day in Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is fly-fishing with his two daughters when he stumbles upon the mutilated body of a moose. Whatever - or whoever - attacked the animal was ruthless: half the animal's face has been sliced away, the skin peeled back from the flesh. Shaken by the sight, Joe starts to investigate what he hopes in an isolated incident. Days later, after the discovery of a small herd of mutilated cattle, Joe realizes this something much more terrifying than he could have imagined. Local authorities are quick to label the attacks the work of a grizzly bear, but Joe knows otherwise. The cuts on the moose and the cattle were too clean, too precise, to have been made by jagged teeth. Are the animals only practice for a killer about to move on to another, more challenging prey? Soon afterward, Joe's worst fears are confirmed. The bodies of two men are found within hours of each other, in separate locations, their wounds eerily similar to those found on the moose and cattle. There's a vicious killer, a modern-day Jack the Ripper, on the loose in Saddlestring - and it appears his rampage is just beginning

Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series, the Wyoming game warden is up against a vicious killer who's more beast than man... Local authorities in Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming, are quick to label a rash of animal mutilations as the work of a grizzly bear, but game warden Joe Pickett suspects that something far more sinister is afoot. And when the bodies of two men are found disfigured in the same way, his worst fears are confirmed: A modern-day Jack the Ripper is on the loose—and the killings have just begun.

The wounds are too clean, too surgical to have been made by the jagged teeth of a wild animal. WIth its face sliced away, the skin peeled back from the flesh, the animal has been severely mutilated, several of its organs missing. Game warden Joe Pickett fears that a new breed of killer is on the loose in the Bighorn Mountains. And when the body of a man is discovered with identical injuries, there can be no doubt. Someone is gathering a grisly collection, and the trophy hunt is just begining ... -- back cover

Local authorities are quick to label a rash of animal mutilations as the work of a grizzly bear, but Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett suspects that something far more sinister is afoot. And when the bodies of two men are found disfigured in the same way, his worst fears are confirmed: A modern-day Jack the Ripper is on the loose - and the killings have just begun.

Game warden Joe Pickett fears the mutilated moose and cattle he comes across are practice for a killer, and he is proven true when two men are found dead with wounds similar to those found on the animals

IT HAD BEEN A GOOD DAY of fly-fishing until Joe Pickett and his daughters encountered a massive bull moose that appeared to be grinning at them.

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