At long last, a mystery for one of the Slackers' states --Out of Range, by awarding winning author C.J. Box and the fifth in his series of mysteries solved by Joe Pickett, game warden from Saddlestring, Wyoming. In this installment, Pickett is reassigned to Jackson Hole and its development is juxtaposed up against the vast undeveloped beauty of the Continental Divide.
It's an easy, quick read with an underlying classic mystery formula: the beautiful femme fatale suspect, the evil moneyed manipulators, crusty old elk hunting guides who skirt the law, faithful if stressed family, tainted government workers. It's predictability is forgiven because Box is so good at describing the geography and expressing its grandeur and because his dialogue sounds real.
Time permitting, I will read the other four Picketts.
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