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Mystery · 2023 · PG-13

Storm Watch

by C. J. Box

Game warden Joe Pickett finds a mutilated body while a spring storm closes in.

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facility in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries while hunting down a wounded elk on his district as an epic spring storm descends upon him. First, he finds the professor’s vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then Joe finds the professor’s frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, his investigation is obs

For14+GenreMysteryLength320 pagesRead time~8.5 hours

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Violence

A lot

A mutilated, frozen body is a central discovery, alongside armed confrontations typical of the series

Language

Barely any

Minimal strong language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Not a significant element

Substance Use

Barely any

Not a significant element

Emotional Intensity

Some

Political extremism and deception drive the suspense, consistent with the series' small-town-Wyoming procedural tone

What this book is about

While tracking a wounded elk, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett discovers a missing professor's abandoned vehicle, then his frozen, mutilated body, near a secret high-tech facility. The 23rd Joe Pickett novel folds crypto mining, gun politics, and extremism into a classic backcountry manhunt.

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Mutilated body discovery

Political extremism subplot

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