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The Rocky Mountains are ablaze with elk hunting, and when a game warden discovers a man’s body in a mountain camp—strung up, gutted, and flayed in a manner that eerily mirrors the elk he was hunting—the investigation turns from routine to chilling. Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is called to the scene, tasked with untangling the clues that point to either a deranged anti‑hunting activist or a psychotic killer with a personal vendetta. As Pickett delves deeper into the remote wilderness, he must prevent the cycle of violence from expanding, keeping the line between hunter and hunted razor‑thin.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: C. J. Box
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