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Title: Savage Run by C. J. Box ISBN: 0-425-18924-4 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Runnin' Wild
Comment: C. J. Box has more than lived up to his high promise of his debut novel "Open Season," This time out, the writing is more polished, graceful and the plotting is more tightly controlled. I also hereby award the author "The Best First Line Prize of 2002" I was hooked after this: "On the third day of their honeymoon, infamous environmental activist Stewie Woods and his new bride, Annabel Bellotti, were spiking trees in the forest when a cow exploded and blew them up. Until then, their marriage had been happy."
Hard to resist, right?
Joe Pickett is called in as game warden for a sighted "livestock slaughter." At the time, no one knew any humans were involved. This is not the story of golden haired environmentalists vs. evil developers. There is good, bad and sometimes just plain silly on both sides. But Joe gradually becomes aware that some seemingly unconnected deaths of major environmentalists have links with his cow explosion. The action is fast, the violence sudden and graphic and has a gratifying climax. I felt guilty about feeling satisfied, but I just couldn't help it.
The characterizations are extremely sharp. Though Joe has a very low opinion of his abilities, you have to listen how other people judge and estimate him to get a balanced idea of his true worth. Someone compared him to a Jimmy Stewart character and I think the comparison is apt. His wife Marybeth (the consensus is she's a "babe") is anything but a dim presence. She is Joe's other self, and sometimes the wiser one. The author handles the Wyoming scenery and ambiance like a master. You feel as if he has stepped on every foot of ground.
An excellent read, and I await my next meeting with Joe Pickett with pleasure.
Rating: 4
Summary: Falls short of Open Season, but still an excellent read
Comment: "Why is it that every time we find dead bodies strewn about you always seem to be standing in the middle of them!?" Once again Joe Pickett, the unsophisticated, straight-as-an-arrow game warden, will make sure that the worthless and possible corrupt sheriff overlooks nothing in this latest murder investigation. Initially it appears that a famous ecoterrorist has been killed in Saddlestring, Wyoming. As other famous environmentalists are picked off, rumors start that Stewie Woods has escaped death. Plus, he is a very old friend of Joe's wife. Joe must put aside his jealousy to help Stewie escape from a conspiracy of anti-environmentalists based right in his home town.
Like his first novel, Open Season, C.J. Box centers his story on a controversial issue in the West: this time on eco-terroristism. Box does a good job of presenting the good and bad sides of a difficult issue and weaving it nicely into the plot. Box also adds in the discovery of an old Indian site and the famous story of an 1880's hired hit man.
Box's writing is still enjoyable, western-edged prose. Joe Pickett remains one of the most interesting good guy characters in the genre (and yes, he gets his gun taken away from him again). Box has a lot of intriguing plot lines. However, these aren't developed to any depth; they are simply dropped into the story at the most convenient time. Box has the makings of a great book but, while it is an enjoyable read, it lacks the complexity and sophistication that made Open Season so good.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wild Wow!!!
Comment: Joe Pickett, Box's OPEN SEASON hero, returns in the action packed adventure SAVAGE RUN. Joe, a Wyoming Game warden, takes his job seriously and quite often he angers locals who fish and hunt out of season or overzealously. Pickett has no idea when he is called on to check out the explosion of several cows that he will be launched into a hair-raising life or death adventure. This is a modern day tale of a new style "Range War," pitting rich ranchers against right wing ecoterrorists. C J Box's talent as a writer is his ability set readers into the midst of his narrative. If you enjoy thrillers that drip with reality, you won't be disappointed with C J Box's "Savage Run."
Beverly J Scott author of RIGHTEOUS REVENGE and RUTH FEVER
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Title: Open Season (Joe Pickett Novel) by C. J. Box ISBN: 042518546X Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Winterkill: A Novel by C. J. Box ISBN: 0399150455 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Trophy Hunt: A Joe Pickett Novel by C. J. Box ISBN: 0399152008 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 24 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Edge of Justice by Clinton McKinzie ISBN: 0440237238 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blood Is the Sky: An Alex McKnight Mystery by Steve Hamilton ISBN: 0312301154 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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