C. J. Box

C.J. Box, the author of eleven Joe Pickett novels and two stand-alone books, has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38. Box will read from and sign his eagerly anticipated new Joe Pickett novel Force of Nature ($25.95 Putnam), which takes ... (more)readers all the way back to the beginning of Joe’s story. Joe Pickett never wanted to know about it, but Nate Romanowski always knew trouble was coming out of his past. Now it’s here, and it may not only be the battle of his life—but of Joe’s.

signs Back of Beyond ($25.99 St. Martins) The Edgar® Award winning and New York Times bestselling author delivers a thriller about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone. Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor ... (more)and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who’s fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. Sober for fourteen years, Hank took pride in his hard-won sobriety and never hesitated to drop whatever he was doing to talk Cody off a ledge. When Cody takes a closer look at the scene of his friend’s death, it becomes apparent that foul play is at hand. After years of bad behavior with his department, he’s in no position to be investigating a homicide, but this man was a friend and Cody’s determined to find his killer. When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi-day wilderness horseback trip into the remote corners of Yellowstone National Park—a pack trip that includes his son Justin—Cody is desperate to get on their trail and stop the killer before the group heads into the wild. Among the tourists is fourteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan, an awkward but intelligent loner who begins to suspect that someone in their party is dangerous. In a fatal cat and mouse game, where it becomes apparent the murderer is somehow aware of Cody’s every move, Cody treks into the wilderness to stop a killer hell bent on ruining the only thing in his life he cares about. New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (BLUE HEAVEN, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. His short stories have been featured in America’s Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. 2008 novel BLOOD TRAIL was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin (Ireland) Literary Award. The novels have been translated into 25 languages. BLUE HEAVEN has been optioned for film.

When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in-law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do - especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin. But then ... (more)things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is Missy being set up? He has the county DA and sheriff on one side, his wife on the other, his estranged friend Nate on a lethal mission of his own, and some powerful interests breathing down his neck. Whichever way this goes...it's not going to be good.' Signs A Cold Wind (Putnam $25.95), a new Joe Pickett novel. Drinks and snacks--it's a party and then you can take off for more revelry! New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (BLUE HEAVEN, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. His short stories have been featured in America’s Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. 2008 novel BLOOD TRAIL was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin (Ireland) Literary Award. The novels have been translated into 25 languages. BLUE HEAVEN has been optioned for film.

C. J. Box Wednesday, March 23, 7:30 pm, Colfax Avenue C. J. Box, the Edgar Award-winning author of the Joe Pickett mysteries, will read from and sign his new novel Cold Wind ($25.95 Penguin). When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it’s his wife Missy who is arrested. Unfortunately ... (more)for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in- law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn’t know what to do—especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin.

Monthly mystery fiction discussion group at a neighborhood library. Participants are encouraged to read the same mystery novel in advance of the meeting, to discuss as a group. Participants are also encouraged to bring a small dessert selection to share with other readers during the meeting. Coffee and/or ... (more)juice will be provided. This month's selected mystery novel: Iron Lake by Minnesota author William Kent Krueger, the first in his Cork O'Connor series.

Monthly mystery fiction discussion group at a neighborhood library. Participants are encouraged to read the same mystery novel in advance of the meeting, to discuss as a group. Participants are also encouraged to bring a small dessert selection to share with other readers during the meeting. Coffee and/or ... (more)juice will be provided. This month's selected mystery novel: Out of Range by C.J. Box, part of the Joe Pickett series.

C. J. Box signs his new book, Nowhere to Run. This is his first time to do a book signing in Atlanta. This will be a very crowded event.

The evening will start at 6 p.m. with a social hour and book signing at the library featuring the music of James Van Nuys, followed by a 7 p.m. dinner and author talk at The Dahl. Tickets are $50 per person or $300 for a reserved table for 6. Seating is limited. You may buy your tickets today at the ... (more)downtown library's business office, call 394-4171 to reserve tickets.

New York Times best-selling author C.J. Box will sign & discuss his latest stand-alone thriller, Three Weeks to Say Good-Bye (St. Martin's Minotaur; $24.95).

Award-winning writer C.J. Box returns with a vengeance in this thrilling new novel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett.

"C.J. Box, the multiple award-winning author of the Joe Pickett mysteries, will read from and sign his new novel Blood Trail ($24.95 Putnam). In this thrilling new novel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, it is elk season in the Rockies, but this year a different kind of hunter is stalking a ... (more)different kind of prey. Are the murders the work of a deranged anti-hunting activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta?"

"C. J. Box is the author of eight Joe Pickett novels, and has won the Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry awards. He has also been an Edgar Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. A Wyoming native who lives outside of Cheyenne with his family, Box serves on the board of directors for Cheyenne ... (more)Frontier Days Rodeo. Following up on the phenomenal success of his stand-alone Blue Heaven, which spent four weeks on the New York Times extended list, Box brings back Joe Pickett, who is investigating a gruesome murder at a hunting camp."

"The New York Times best-selling author of Blue Heaven will sign & discuss his new Joe Pickett novel, Blood Trail (Putnam; $24.95)."