Breaking Point
Published on 4. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-425-26460-7 (ISBN)
Description
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a fugitive reveals a conspiracy in this taut thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Joe Pickett always liked Butch Roberson-a hardworking local business-owner whose daughter is friends with his own. Little does he know that when Butch says he is heading into the mountains to scout elk, he is actually going on the run.
Two EPA employees have been murdered, and all signs point to Butch as the killer. Soon, Joe hears of the land Butch and his wife had bought to retire on-until they are told the EPA declared it a wetland-and the penalties they charged Butch until the family was torn apart by debt. Finally, it seems, the man just cracked.
It's an awful story. But is it the whole story? The more Joe investigates, the more he begins to wonder-and the more he finds himself in the middle of a war in which he must choose sides.
Joe Pickett always liked Butch Roberson-a hardworking local business-owner whose daughter is friends with his own. Little does he know that when Butch says he is heading into the mountains to scout elk, he is actually going on the run.
Two EPA employees have been murdered, and all signs point to Butch as the killer. Soon, Joe hears of the land Butch and his wife had bought to retire on-until they are told the EPA declared it a wetland-and the penalties they charged Butch until the family was torn apart by debt. Finally, it seems, the man just cracked.
It's an awful story. But is it the whole story? The more Joe investigates, the more he begins to wonder-and the more he finds himself in the middle of a war in which he must choose sides.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (US-tall)
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
237 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-425-26460-7 (9780425264607)
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C. J. Box is the author of twenty-five Joe Pickett novels, eight stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and two Barry awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38, the Western Heritage Award for Literature, and two Spur Awards. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. He has been executive producer on television series based on his books, including ABC TV’s Big Sky and Joe Pickett on Paramount+.