CJ Box Books in Order

A regional travel guide to Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, covering sightseeing, outdoor recreation, lodging, dining, nightlife, and suggested itineraries. The updated edition adds coverage of Twin Falls and West Yellowstone and offers advice for using Yellowstone as a travel hub.

New game warden Joe Pickett discovers the body of a local poacher on his own woodpile. As he investigates, he unravels a conspiracy involving an endangered species that could threaten the livelihood of the entire valley.

When a massive explosion kills an environmental activist, Joe Pickett is called to investigate. He uncovers a deadly plot involving a pair of cold-blooded assassins who are systematically eliminating targets across the state.

Joe’s supervisor is found murdered, pinned to a tree with arrows. The investigation leads Joe into the snowy mountains and a confrontation with a radical survivalist group that has a connection to his foster daughter.

Local ranch animals and wild moose are being found mutilated in bizarre ways. While some suspect a bear or even supernatural causes, Joe Pickett discovers a human killer who is far more dangerous than any animal.

Joe is temporarily assigned to the wealthy enclave of Jackson Hole after a fellow warden’s apparent suicide. He finds himself navigating a world of rich developers and environmental extremists while questioning if his friend really killed himself.

Ranch matriarch Opal Scarlett vanishes, sparking a vicious war between her sons. Meanwhile, Joe Pickett becomes the target of a series of violent pranks that suggest someone from his past has returned for revenge.

Edited by Scott Turow with series editor Otto Penzler, this annual anthology selects twenty-one mystery, crime, and suspense stories. Its contributors include C. J. Box, whose Yellowstone story "Pirates of Yellowstone" appears alongside work by established crime writers.

A twelve-year-old girl and her brother witness a brutal execution in the North Idaho woods and flee for their lives. Their pursuers are retired LAPD officers who have turned the local area into their own corrupt sanctuary.

A lawyer confesses to four murders in a remote section of Yellowstone but claims a legal loophole makes him immune to prosecution. The governor asks Joe to go undercover and find the truth before the killer walks free.

A killer is targeting big-game hunters, skinning them and displaying them like trophy animals. Joe is assigned to the case alongside a mysterious "man tracker," but he soon realizes he needs Nate Romanowski’s help to survive.

Jack and Melissa McGuane’s joy over their adopted baby girl turns to terror when the biological father, a teenager with a powerful federal judge for a father, demands her back. They soon realize the judge will stop at nothing to reclaim the child.

Joe’s daughter Sheridan begins receiving text messages from a number belonging to her deceased foster sister, April. The messages lead Joe on a cross-country hunt to uncover a massive environmental crime cover-up.

Edited by Gary R. Bush and Chris Everheart, this anthology assembles crime and mystery stories by a wide range of writers, including C. J. Box. The selection spans revenge, theft, murder, suspense, and darkly comic criminal misadventures.

Edited by T. Jefferson Parker, this anthology gathers sixteen original mystery stories connected by fishing. Contributions from writers including C. J. Box and Don Winslow range across crime, danger, and the darker possibilities that can surface beside the water.

Edited by Jean Henry Mead, this nonfiction collection gathers interviews with mystery and crime writers across the genre’s many subgenres. The conversations trace writers’ paths to publication and offer practical observations on developing a career and writing fiction.

While checking a remote area, Joe stumbles upon twin brothers who have been living off the grid and running a criminal operation. Cut off from support, Joe must survive a high-altitude game of cat and mouse.

Cody Hoyt, an alcoholic cop, investigates the death of his sponsor in a remote cabin. The trail leads him to a wilderness pack trip in Yellowstone, where his own son is among the tourists being stalked by a killer.

When Joe’s mother-in-law finds her husband’s body hanging from a wind turbine, all signs point to murder. Joe’s friend Nate Romanowski is the prime suspect, forcing Joe to investigate a complex web of wind energy politics.

Nate Romanowski’s dark past in the Special Forces catches up with him. A powerful enemy from his former unit arrives in Wyoming to wipe out anyone who knows his secrets, putting the entire Pickett family in the crosshairs.

Two criminals abduct aging lawyer Paul Parker and force him to open a library on a remote ranch. The books point to hidden wealth and an extraordinary wartime profiteering scheme, drawing Parker into a dangerous confrontation with a former courtroom adversary.

A local business owner and family friend goes on the run after two EPA employees are murdered. Joe believes the man was pushed too far by federal overreach, but the manhunt reveals a conspiracy deeper than simple revenge.

Disgraced former cop Perry Christo, now a private investigator, is hired to find the wealthy daughter of an Upper East Side socialite. The search moves through wintry New York and the Hamptons in a serial noir novel written chapter by chapter by twenty mystery authors.

When two sisters vanish on a lonely Montana highway, investigator Cassie Dewell takes on the case. She uncovers a terrifying network of serial killers who use the nation’s truck stops as their hunting grounds.

In this novella, a disillusioned lawyer and two ex-cons trek to a remote ranch to uncover a bizarre Nazi scheme involving pronghorn antelope. The journey reveals a hidden library and a dark secret from World War II.

A collection of short stories set in the American West, including four Joe Pickett tales. The stories range from a historical mystery involving a lost photo album to a tense standoff on a one-lane bridge.

This collection brings together ten suspense stories set largely in Wyoming, including four featuring game warden Joe Pickett. The tales range from backcountry confrontations to crimes involving dangerous outsiders, and three stories appeared here for the first time.

Joe is sent undercover to a massive, secretive ranch owned by a wealthy recluse. Rumors suggest the ranch is a front for an assassination ring, and Joe finds himself cut off from help in a place where human life is cheap.

Cassie Dewell moves to Grimstad, North Dakota, a boomtown rife with oil, money, and crime. She finds herself in the middle of a gang war while trying to solve a cold case involving a young boy.

Joe’s foster daughter, April, is found beaten and left for dead in a ditch. Joe suspects her rodeo cowboy boyfriend, Dallas Cates, and embarks on a personal crusade for justice that threatens to cross the line.

A historical short story set in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming Territory in 1835. It appears in C. J. Box’s collection Shots Fired, whose stories explore danger and moral conflict across Wyoming’s difficult landscape.

A short story set along Wyoming’s North Platte River, included in C. J. Box’s collection Shots Fired. It forms part of a wider group of Wyoming tales that range beyond the Joe Pickett stories to other dangerous corners of the region.

Nate Romanowski is offered a pardon if he helps federal agents track a domestic terror cell in the Red Desert. Joe joins the mission, but they soon realize the government’s plan is far deadlier than they were told.

This story collection moves through crime, science fiction, and stranger territory in between. The tales are brief, sly, and often unsettling, with Sallis asking readers to piece together what really happened.

A tense crossover story that pairs fugitive Lee Coburn with another tough lawman when they cross paths in the wilderness. A simple encounter turns into a deadly standoff, and survival depends on quick trust and sharper instincts.

Cassie Dewell sets a trap for the "Lizard King," the truck-driving serial killer who has evaded her for years. The plan goes wrong, and Cassie must go rogue to finish the hunt before he kills again.

John Sandford selects twenty mystery and crime stories for this annual volume, with Otto Penzler serving as series editor. The anthology ranges across rural danger, professional boxing, pursuit, psychological suspense, and other forms of criminal conflict; C. J. Box contributes "Power Wagon."

Dallas Cates returns from prison seeking revenge against Joe Pickett and his family. With the help of his ruthless family, Cates initiates a violent plan, forcing Joe and Nate to prepare for a final showdown.

The governor tasks Joe with finding a missing British female executive who vanished from a high-end guest ranch. At the same time, Nate Romanowski questions his future as he tries to rebuild his life without falcons.

Now a private investigator, Cassie is hired to help a man accused of rape. The investigation takes her to a remote county controlled by the powerful Kleinsasser family, who will do anything to protect their secrets.

Joe discovers a drone killing wildlife, which leads him to a Mexican cartel operating in the Wyoming wilderness. The cartel sends a team of assassins—the "Wolf Pack"—to eliminate the game warden who stumbled onto their operation.

A judge is shot at from an impossible distance, and Nate Romanowski is arrested for the crime. Joe must clear his friend’s name while dealing with a rogue grizzly bear that is terrorizing the area.

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is assigned to escort a Silicon Valley CEO on an elk hunt. When a vengeance-driven tracker pursues them deep in the wilderness, Joe must protect his charge without a weapon, horse, or communication while Nate Romanowski and Joe’s daughter Sheridan race to find him.

Joe is tasked with guiding a Silicon Valley billionaire on an elk hunt. The trip turns into a nightmare when they are ambushed by a specialized kill squad, forcing Joe to use all his skills to keep them alive.

Eleven thriller writers answer Harlan Coben’s prompt to create original stories inspired by birds of prey. This audio-original anthology, created with International Thriller Writers, includes Robert Dugoni’s “The Falcon” alongside tales that interpret the theme in sharply different ways.

Marybeth finds a Nazi photo album left at the library, sparking a mystery with roots in World War II. Meanwhile, Nate tracks down the man who stole his falcons, leading both Picketts and Romanowski into danger.

Cassie Dewell investigates a con man who swindles wealthy widows, while also looking into the mystery of a buried treasure that has attracted ruthless hunters to Montana.

Edited by Holly West for Bouchercon 2023, this collection presents twenty crime stories set in or near San Diego. The stories expose criminal undercurrents beneath the city’s beaches, landmarks, neighborhoods, and sunshine; C. J. Box contributes "Every Day Is a Good Day on the River."

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett discovers the mutilated body of a missing professor near a secluded high-tech facility as a powerful storm moves in. Federal obstruction, political pressure, and a growing secessionist movement pull Joe and falconer Nate Romanowski into a dangerous, divided investigation.

Joe Pickett hunts a rogue grizzly after it kills the man poised to join his family, while Dallas Cates leaves prison determined to avenge himself on those who ruined him. As bear attacks provide cover, Cates makes Joe and Nate Romanowski his targets.

After devastating attacks on Joe Pickett and Nate Romanowski, Nate disappears with his falcons to pursue revenge. Meanwhile, Joe and rookie game warden Susan Kany search the Sierra Madre for the governor’s missing son-in-law, following a trail that brings both missions toward Battle Mountain.

When Joe Pickett is shot and left unconscious at Antler Creek Junction, his wife, Marybeth, and their daughters take up the search. Each investigates one of three local families with reasons to resent the game warden, uncovering a wider network of secrets and betrayal.

A forthcoming 2027 Joe Pickett novel credited to C. J. Box. No verified premise, setting, or additional publication details were available at the time of research.