Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murder--a crime committed from a confoundingly long distance--in the riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.

 When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzly's rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit, his wife is severely wounded, and it is up to Joe to find answers--and the shooter.

The search for the would-be assassin becomes personal when Joe's best friend, Nate Romanowski --just as he's adjusting to the arrival of his first child--falls under suspicion for the crime. It's a race against the clock as Joe tries to clear Nate's name and identify the real shooter, all while deciphering the grizzly encounter. Beset by threats both man-made and natural, the two men must go to great lengths to keep their loved ones safe.

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The reviews are in…

“Clever plotting keeps this conspiracy yarn moving briskly, and the scenes depicting Nate’s abuse while in prison are harrowing. This is another top-flight crime yarn illustrating why Box’s readers are never happier than when Joe and Nate have reason to ‘get western.’”

-Publisher’s Weekly STARRED REVIEW

“Box has secured his reputation as an author who can take this increasingly popular genre—the modern western—and make it do whatever he wants…Box handles it all with a clear, easy style that plays nicely against the pulse-pounding tension. Box remains the gold standard among writers of modern western-mystery blends.”

-Booklist

“Box has established a terrific cast of Western characters… When it comes to western contemporary thrillers with intriguing characters, no one does it better than Box.”

-The Columbus Dispatch

“Long Range (with its surprise ending) shows Box has lost none of his punch as both he and Joe Pickett grow older.”

-The Denver Post

“In the same way that following the Pickett family feels like reconnecting with old friends, Box remains one of the few writers who’s able to bring his setting—in this case, the beautiful Wyoming landscape—to life in such a way that even those who’ve never been there feel like they know the plains, valleys, mountains, and small towns intimately. Of course, all of those strengths are secondary to Box’s masterful ability to spin a nail-biting whodunit, and if you’re not already reading his series, you need to. If there was any doubt before, Long Range proves once and for all that when it comes to crime fiction, C.J. Box owns the whole damn genre . . . and it’s not even close.”

-The Real Book Spy

“The main plot, along with several subplots, is filled with so many twists and red herrings that Box keeps readers guessing almost to the end.”

- Associated Press

“Readers new to the books of CJ Box will be charmed enough by this new instalment to seek out his back catalogue. New ones will find this to be one of their better literary discoveries.”

- Shots Crime & Thriller Ezine

“A fast-paced, tightly written tale that includes, among other things, an arrogant but incompetent local sheriff, a fatal grizzly bear attack, a famous movie director, an illegal prescription drugs racket, planted evidence, a love triangle, a renegade falconer, a kidnapping, several more shootings and a jail break. The main plot, along with several subplots, is filled with so many twists and red herrings that Box keeps readers guessing almost to the end.”

- Chicago Sun Times

 “Box is as consistent as it gets, but in ‘Long Range’ he reaches for a different brand of brass ring and effortlessly captures it. He contrasts the wide-open expanse Pickett is bound to protect with the claustrophobic nature of civilization into which he must venture. Brilliant in all respects.”

- Providence Journal

"Reading C.J. Box is sheer delight...C.J. Box is without rival when it comes to thrilling crime mystery novels set in our modern-day West. His latest 'Long Range,' is yet further proof that this master storyteller is one of today’s best writers working in any genre...What follows is a more-than-one-storyline incredibly good read, a fast-paced, riveting mystery thriller with so many twists and turns and surprises you never saw coming that it will have you on the edge of your seat all the way to the end. And if that’s not enough, C.J. Box writes about Wyoming in such beautiful prose you’d swear you can see it. And he has a gift for creating characters you feel you know and are looking at."

- Washington Times

“Box has expertly woven together a tense action-filled story, a true page-turner, which incorporates greed, unrequited love, revenge and the worst of luck – luck that destroys lives and puts some favorite characters at ultimate risk. This is a great read to help stave off boredom during this bizarre time of self-isolation and social distancing.”

-Durango Herald

 “Box is a pro at linking his protagonist, the essential characters in Pickett's life and the game warden's experiences in each thriller…Like scenes in a play, each chapter addresses an aspect of the tale, a unique twist to each part of the unfolding drama…The scenes change, the characters, but each new thriller is stitched seamlessly together.”

-Curled Up

“…good characters, an extra good story, and great scenes of life and death in the wilderness.”

-The New York Times