A game warden, Joe Pickett, whose normal duties include checking hunting and fishing licenses and arresting poachers, is caught up in the murder of his mother-in-law’s 3rd husband. His mother-in-law, Missy, is a woman that’s hard to love but she is his wife’s mother and he is caught up in trying to find out what exactly happened. The local sheriff is running for re-election and sees a slam dunk in arresting Missy for the crime.
Cold Wind
by C.J. Box
Putnam
March 2011
The plot twists and turns and every time you think you have it figured out, it takes a
U-turn. There are financial plots to take advantage of the new green initiatives such as wind farms. Investigation shows that there are numerous reasons why someone might want Missy’s husband dead, including Missy. A high profile lawyer comes to town to defend Missy against the murder charges and in true Perry Mason fashion the trial comes to an end with an astonishing admission by one of the witnesses.
There is also a sub-plot involving a old friend of Joe’s that runs thru all of C.J. Box’s series involving the game warden. It makes you want to go back and read all the novels and see how it all began.
