Violence and Corruption in the Wyoming Wilderness: Storm Watch

May marks the celebration of both Mother’s Day and National Family Month, making it the perfect time to read books that honor the importance of family and motherhood. Check out my blog post for book recommendations, including my Parks Pat Mysteries series and other YA books about parent-child relationships. Classic books such as Little Women and The Joy Luck Club are also great options. Whatever you choose to read, remember to cherish the relationships that matter most to you. Happy reading!

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Storm Watch is the latest (23rd) book in the Joe Pickett series. I have read a number of C.J. Box stories, both in this series and the Cody Hoyt/Cassie Newell series. He always pulls together good characters and a great story with plenty of twists and turns. I was a little surprised at the amount of gunplay in this one; there is one scene in particular with what I would consider a lot of gratuitous violence. I’m okay with the apparently random murders that Joe Pickett is trying to solve, but I prefer the criminals to be arrested rather than slaughtered, especially when the main character is a lawman.

But I like Joe and his family and enjoy the scenery (while I am not in Wyoming, I do live in cattle country on the edge of the Rocky Mountains and the prairie, so the setting is very familiar.) The plot is always well-done and as the reader you are given plenty of clues, even if you can’t see the full picture until he pulls it all together in the end.

“Let’s go find this fool before he dies out here.”

C.J. Box, Storm Watch

Summary

When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries while hunting down a wounded elk on his district as an epic spring storm descends upon him. First, he finds the professor’s vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then Joe finds the professor’s frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, his investigation is obstructed by federal agents, extremists, and Governor Colter Allen.

Nate Romanowski is rebuilding his falconry company—and financing this through crypto mining with the assistance of Geronimo Jones. He’s then approached by a shadowy group of local militant activists that is gaining in power and influence, and demanding that Wyoming join other western states and secede from the union—by force, if necessary. They ask Nate to throw in with them, but he’s wary. Should he trust them, or is he being set up?

As a storm of peril gathers around them, Joe and Nate confront it in different ways—and maybe, for the first time, on opposite sides.

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