The recipient of Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, New York Times best-selling author C. J. Box has won almost every honor in his field. In Breaking Point, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is glad to catch up with old friend Lyle Pendergast, but then the man goes missing and is named a suspect in the death of two EPA employees. All signs point to Lyle’s guilt, but the more Joe digs into the case, the more he realizes he’s stepped into the middle of a deadly power play.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 37 minutes
Author	C. J. Box
Narrator	David Chandler
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Audible.com Release Date	March 12, 2013
Publisher	Recorded Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00BSLPZXC
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Linda

C.J. Box is the BEST!

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020

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"Breaking Point" starts out with a bang and I found myself racing through the pages. I love the stories in the Joe Pickett series created by C. J. Box! I can't believe his imagination in coming up with such great stories. He takes you on a nature trip with each book and story, as well as integrating interesting characters. This book makes me wonder about the EPA and some of the things they have tried to do to landowners. Butch and his wife, Pam are intriguing characters, and of course, there is a great trail through the mountains looking for Butch! I highly recommend this book to those who have already read some Joe Pickett novels as well as to those who are just starting this series!

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RPN

Short and Sweet Review: Breaking Point by C.J. Box

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2015

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This is the 13th installment in the Joe Pickett series and for a while there the reader may be worried that 13 is not Joe's lucky number! But it is Box's, because this book, as with all the others, is one hell of a ride.

Once again Joe is dealing with his wife who worries about him, his girls who think he's a relic of another time and federal agencies that don't respect him, let alone the rights of the citizens of Saddlestring, Wyoming. Or any citizens, for that matter.

When Joe is forced to help hunt down the father of his daughter's best friend, things don't go well. They go south. And they go up into the mountains with their rough terrain and vast expanses of beetle kill pines.

Fans of this series are used to watching the moral and physical battles Joe wages with not only criminals but all levels of the law and government. This installment finally finds common sense at the helm of the local sheriff's office, but that can't help Joe when the guys from the EPA decide to makes up the rules as they go.

Joe, of course, will be Joe. And that's what we love about him. Watching Game Warden Pickett 'go rogue' in the name of what's right is what keeps me coming back. And did I worry about all that beetle kill that's as dry and combustible as Joe's almost absent friend, Nate? I live in the Rocky Mountain west and totally appreciate it's ramifications...and of course I appreciate Nate.

Nate and Joe's relationship has taken a beating over the course of the last few books, and they are both changed men. But I'm hopeful future installments will bring them closer. We'll see. On to #14!

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kim

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019

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Wow we had a similar thing happen but not as intense as this. A family lost their family land to intimate domain. This happened about 20 years ago. Till this day the property is still vacant. If they would have allowed the people to stay on their property till they passed on but no the county condemned it and took it from them. They didn't live long as they we older people. So what was the purpose other than bullying. The government can be evil. Thanks for a great read.

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DarleenMB

So glad I finally started reading the Joe Picket novels!

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015

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Friends have been after me for some time to read C.J. Box's novels. I may live in Wyoming but I'm not a huge fan of Westerns (that's what I thought they were). Boy was I wrong. I began reading the Joe Pickett novels around mid-December and haven't stopped to take a breath. Box is now among my top favorite authors second only to John Sandford. I have the same "problem" with both of them. By the time I'm 2/3rds of the way through the book I cannot, CANNOT, stop reading until I get to the end.

Breaking Point was no exception. Heart pounding rush to the finish kept me on the edge of my seat. Again, I had an inkling as to the final resolution but was surprised nonetheless by the final details.

Love love love the Picketts, Nate, and the cast of colorful folks who populate all the books.

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Beau L.

Box does it again.

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2013

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Another very good installment in the Joe Pickett novel series. Good as stand-alone, but if you've been following the series you'll get a little more out of it, and also will see how much better Box has gotten as an author.

The only problem, and this has nothing to do with the author or publisher, is the amazon kindle version which I bought. It works well on my mobile devices, and on the web-based access, but bombs my kindle for mac application every single time I try to advance past a certain page number. I've diagnosed the problem as with this particular download, not with the application (which is up-to-date), and not with my operating system. Get no such problems with other downloads from amazon, and the problem remains when I re-download the breaking point for kindle version. I sent a message to amazon about the problem and they didn't even bother responding with any guidance. So, unless I view the book via my iPod touch or via web-access to my kindle account, I can't read this particular book on my Mac or PC-based kindle application. Amazon, you have a problem here and need to fix it!!

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KerryO

Western Thriller

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022

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I just love this series!!! A frightening story based upon true events of an EPA government official run amok in his vengeance against private American couple. A very timely novel in this day of government over-reach.

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Richard Smith

Awesome

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2021

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This should be required reading for every government bureaucrat. Based on actual events, it exposes some of the consequences of government overreach. Highly recommended.

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G Marsh

Wonderful writer and great stories!

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020

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C.J. BOX has become my favorite author. I am well on my way to reading every one of the Joe Pickett series. His decriptions of the outdoors make me feel like I am there and Joe Pickett is a great character. After finishing one book I immediately pick up and start the next one.

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Avid Reader

Best Series ever

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2018

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I really love this series of books. I picked up one accidentally in my local library and I was hooked. I would recommend reading them in order because, whilst each book is stand alone, Joe's family feature in each of them as well as other characters, savoury and unsavoury. I love the way that Joe's family evolves in each book and Joe is getting older. Whilst I am racing through each book and start on the next in the series immediately, I know I'll be bereft when I come to the end of the series. Nate plays a small part in Breaking Point as does Ex-Sheriff McLanahan, Dave Farkus, Sheriff Reed, County Attorney Dulcie Schalk and of course Governor Rulon, which makes the books more enjoyable when you know the back stories of other people that feature. I agree with other reviewers that the setting for the stories, the mountains, the animals etc. makes the books magical

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Bookworm

Just as you think these can't get any better, you read another one and it does

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2020

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Another stonkingly good Joe Pickett tale from Mr Box. They just keep getting better and better. I love his character and these books - if he was running America, both that country and the whole world would be a much better place!! This story starts and the tension and the questions just keep ramping up, and you are hooked needing to know what comes next until the last page. I also liked the fact that another, less savoury character from previous books finally gets some come-uppance in this one.

GelS

Classic Joe

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2013

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I've read one Joe Pickett novel, in[loaned] paperback form, so seeing a new one on Kindle at an attractive price meant a very quick decision to click the order button and download it. Just finished yesterday, this proved to be a wise investment.

For the uninitiated, Joe Pickett is a game warden in Wyoming who has a very firm sense of right and wrong that sometimes puts him at odds with the deskbound bureaucrats (Joe loves the outdoors aspect of his job). In this book two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agents are shot while delivering a notice to a local man clearing his land to build a home for his family. Assumed guilty without a trial, the man heads for the hills he loves and a huge, EPA-led, manhunt ensues. Joe senses something essentially wrong in the whole affair but is unable to escape involvement, with individuals vying for position and power instead of justice. The truth of the matter gradually unfurls, but not before events escalate alarmingly to a really shocking, satisfying conclusion, preceded by a roller-coaster sequence of events and excitement as nature shows her raw power. Even more dreadful is the author's note that the basis of the plot is a true story of big-brother manipulation (though not in Wyoming). C.J. Box lives in Wyoming and his descriptive skills all but transport the reader to the mountains and forests. A wonderfully absorbing series to delight the cowboy in us all. For under £3.00, this is a gem that could be a great introduction to a new protagonist and an author's work worth exploring further.

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E Griffith

Another Game Warden adventure.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2015

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I have read two other Joe Pickett books before and enjoyed them enough to try another although it's been on my kindle a long time. Having visited Wyoming, Idaho and Montana on holiday (vacation!).....I enjoy the description of the wild scenery and abundant wildlife of the area. The plot was quite good and I enjoyed the escape through the mountains ( although somewhat reminiscent of Rambo in the First Blood novel).
I do have a problem with Joe Pickett though in that he is, at the end of the day, just a glorified game warden....and even though he can take on the might of the Federal Agencies he still doesn't come across as a strong enough character although he is obviously full of moral values. He would be no match for the likes of Reacher, Bosch, or even Elvis Cole out of his hillbilly mountain environment ( even with his mate Nate....again reminiscent of Elvis Coles background, hard man, sidekick Joe).
Yest I quite enjoyed it but it didn't hit the spot like some of his ilk. Still a respectable three stars though.

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Sparks

AS GOOD AS EVER

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2013

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Another thoroughly enjoyable Joe Pickett yarn. As I have commented before, I am amazed that I find anything to enjoy in tales of trigger-happy backwoodsmen blasting anything that moves, but these stories open a window for me onto a way of life of which I know nothing, coupled with the author's deep love of the wilderness environment & game management. It's the hunter who pays for the environmental protection & strict policing of licences & hunting controls helps maintain a healthy balance of nature.

If I bothered to think about it I might notice that the stories can be a little formulaic, but each has a freshness that lifts it above all that. Joe's openness & dedication always brings him into conflict with his politically aspiring superiors, but it is those qualities which ultimately vindicate him.

I have read everything I can find by C J Box & always hunger for more.

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