The Picketts have three daughters, Sheridan, April and Lucy. Romanowski is just starting his family, while Pickett and wife, Marybeth, are new empty-nesters.
Pickett and Romanowski are on opposite paths. Things are going well for the new family. Romanowski is even married to Liv, his business partner, and they have a small baby daughter, Kestrel.
Yarak, his company, uses falcons to rid properties of problem birds. A man of many talents and a former special forces soldier, he now has a legitimate business. In the past, Romanowski lived off the grid and mostly outside the law. Nate Romanowski, Pickett’s best friend and master falconer, is back for this book and is leading a life of virtual normalcy. In Pickett’s case, they couldn’t be more wrong. Some law enforcement officers think game wardens don’t have much experience with “real” crime. Those who have read the previous exploits of Joe Pickett know that Pickett has several reputations: One is that he is basically a Boy Scout, another is that once he starts an investigation, he doesn’t quit. This is a big case, and because the shooting took place outside town, he intends to run the investigation. When the law enforcement team meets back in Saddlestring, it is obvious that joining forces with state troopers, the police chief, the district attorney and Pickett’s office is going to be thwarted by newly elected Sheriff Kapelow. An attempt was made to kill local and abrasive Judge Hewitt, and the judge is now raving mad and wants all hands on deck to find the shooter. The tourist who was with the guide is reluctantly returning with the team to locate the bears and the body. Apparently, a rogue pair of grizzlies has attacked and killed a local guide in the area. Meanwhile, Pickett is on a horse in unfamiliar territory helping with the Predator Attack Team near Jackson Hole. This riveting first chapter describes the step-by-step trajectory of a bullet fired from an ultra-long-range specialty rifle. Box’s 20th Joe Pickett adventure, is reminiscent of the beginning of his triple award winning debut novel, “Open Range.” Pickett is a Wyoming game warden based in Saddlestring.
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