Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murder - a crime committed from a confoundingly long distance - in the riveting new novel from number one New York Times best-selling 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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C. J. Box
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David Chandler
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Listening Length	10 hours and 35 minutes
Author	C. J. Box
Narrator	David Chandler
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Audible.com Release Date	March 03, 2020
Publisher	Recorded Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07ZJTW2XX
Best Sellers Rank	#5,225 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #247 in Crime Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #331 in Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) #550 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)

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Jim Thomsen

Good Pickett Story, but Could and Should Have Been Better

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020

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A middling C.J. Box novel is better than the best efforts of most mystery/thriller authors, but this is a middling entry in the Joe Pickett series, full of great setups and wonderful suspense undermined by the sped-up wrapups of several plot threads, all executed with all the grimace-inducing squealing of a fast-forwarded tape. And that's only the ones that were resolved in this admirably ambitious but ultimately overstuffed novel.

Before the wheels come off, however, Box keeps things spinning with his usual superlative skill. A lot of mysterious new characters are introduced, and a handful of former ones make appearances. Somehow LONG RANGE makes room for a vengeful FBI agent, a Mexican cartel hitman, an eccentric film producer, an inscrutable sheriff, a Florida millionaire and a lawyer named Kink. And things always gent interesting when Joe's biggest nemesis — his mother-in-law — comes back to town to wreak more havoc in his family's life. And there's a number of other equally interesting characters. But most of them don't get satisfying character arcs — they feel more cauterized than tied off and up — and overall, LONG RANGE reads like a book that was meant to be about 150 pages longer but was hastily rewritten or edited down to a more conventional page count. Why else would the last several chapters — and several plot lines — get wrapped up at 78-rpm speed?

Box is good, and LONG RANGE is well worth the read, but he's better than what he delivered here, and I have no doubt he'll deliver it. Twenty book into the series, there's no sense that he's losing interest in Joe Pickett, Nate Romanowski and Co. — if anything, LONG RANGE indicates that he's so over-interested in them that he doesn't know how to deal with all his good ideas. If that's the case, someday I hope to read a "director's cut" of this book—if, as I suspect, a lot of pages were left on the cutting-room floor.

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Patricia M

WOW!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2020

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I admit, anytime Nate shows up, I like the Joe Pickett book even more.
Small, rural communities often end up with more than their share of misfits, often in positions that even mild vetting would prevent - the people just aren't exposed to evil as reliably as people who are in contact with more people are.
That's the painful bottom line that creates this book.
The characters are wonderful. It is best, of course, to read this series in order, as events of previous books tend to cause events in subsequent books, and changes the characters.
And these characters, are characters. They are unique, wonderful people. Some have quirks, some are bland, but none are extras. Each creates swirls in the smoke that covers the stage, and causes the others to move.
This was an extraordinary book.

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Time to find someone else to blame!

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020

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Let me start by saying I have read every book in the Joe Pickett series and thoroughly enjoyed the growth of the characters. Following the growth of Joe's family and his various troubles and game warden adventures has been enjoyable beyond what I could imagine.

Spoiler alert! Mr. Box, it is time to find someone to blame for everything other than Nate Romanowski. You have beaten this dead horse long enough. Please move on and allow this man to live in peace. Surely someone as imaginative a writer as you are can come up with a new scapegoat. Please. That ruined this one for me.

Obviously, IMHO, far from the best of the bunch.

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Margaret A. Todd

Adventure among friends

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020

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Reading Joe Pickett novels is like spending time with old friends. I’m excited to see each new one while reluctant to read it straight through because I know it will be at least a year before the next one comes out. Long Range is no exception. The plot and subplots keep that little bit of doubt & uncertainty as how or even if everything is related. Wild bears, assassins, illicit drug sales and even the evil mother-in-law create action, suspense, dread & gratification. I appreciate that there good guys with ethics.

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Lois Swanbeck

Another best book from C.J. Box

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2020

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I have read all of Mr Box’s books and have enjoyed them all. The waiting between books is the worst! His books are just so good. Great characters. These are people you really like and care about or NOT!
I just finished ‘Long Range’ and, like I told my brother, I wanted to know what was going to happen ,but at the same time I didn’t want the story to end.
My one question is, when is the next book being released?

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Amazon Queen

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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020

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Not the best of works for Mr. Box. I have read EVERY Joe Pickett mystery, and enjoyed them all and loved some of them. This was an 'enjoyed' example. Another reviewer stated it so well... many of the characters were just not fleshed out enough - and some of the recurring cast (Missy) were not given their due. I do hope Mr. Box wrote a longer novel, and his editors whittled it a little too much - leaving us with a skeleton but not a lot of meat. Wolf Pack was a very good story, but it's sequel, Long Range was a watered down 'meh'. Another suggestion for Mr. Box: most of us have read all your novels in order - there is no need to rehash and rehash background details of Joe and his family. We know the facts - no need to remind us again. I wanted to give the book 3.5 and could not make myself give 4 stars.

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Larry

Excellent series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2020

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I buy Kindle books when they're cheap, typically 0.99 each. If it's a series I'll buy them all when they reach my price point. Sometimes I find gems. The Joe Pickett series is a gem, he's become one of my favourite characters of all time. The books are very evocative of place and the characters are realistic and human. I love that the main protagonist is a game warden who's a lousy shot with a handgun and has a reputation for writing off his vehicles. I've just read number 20 in the series and I'd strongly recommend everyone to buy and enjoy them all immediately. Because then C.J.Box will have sufficient incentive to continue writing new adventures just for me.

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Consistently good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2020

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CJ Box ,in my opinion, is amongst the elite of crime fiction writers. His primary character, Joe Picket is different to most in that he is happily married, has no dark secrets and doesn't suffer from depression or alcoholism. He is just a good guy with a strong sense of right and wrong. He is a game warden in Wyoming national park and has a tendency to stumble into threatening situations. Fortunately he always managed to come through successfully if not always unscathed.. This is usually due ,in no small way, to the help of his friends Nate Romanowski, an ex special forces man and falconeer who has no hesitation in delivering his own form of justice in protecting himself and his friend Joe. The location of the national park plays a huge part in creating the character and atmosphere around which all the action takes place. The wonderful story telling keeps you e enthralled from start to finish and the rural setting throws up a wonderful collection of interesting and eccentric characters both good and bad.l

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Maggie M

Well, you know me by now, the greatest Joe Pickett fan ever.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2020

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Where do I start? The daughters have flown the nest and Joe and the delightful Marybeth are rattling around in a new big house, paid for by the state.
It's all lovely and quiet until an attempt on the judges life results in the death of his lovely and popular wife. Ok this leads to several different plot lines going on.
For those of you who don't know, Joe is prone to losing the states trucks, either by theft whatever. I was relieved to find that the truck in this case was left behind in a very safe place at the start of the story. Oh boy, I relaxed too soon.
Three plots, murder of judges wife, killing of guide by crazy grizzly bears and attempted murder of attorney.
These all fall together absolutely beautifully. Of course we have the incredible Nate who has now settled down and has a good job, a beautiful wife and a child, but we can't leave him out of the story, in fact he is a very big part of it.
Oh CJ Box how do you it. You pull me in every time. Don't stop writing. You're the best, (and Joe and Nate).

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RonCarole

Another classic from CJ Box

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2020

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This series of books, written by CJ Box over many years, is a complete classic.
What is amazing to me is how little CJ Box and his hero Joe Pickett is known in the UK.
My mother refuses to have a Kindle but, like me, loves Joe Pickett stories. I’m trying to buy the books in paperback but finding difficulty. Come on publishers get them released in UK!

2 people found this helpful

A fallible hero

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2020

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This far into the series, the hero is becoming gratingly naive and gullible given the myriad times others have betrayed , used or generally taken advantage of him. Always; in spite of his previous experiences.
However . . . . a great descriptive of the "West" , the landscape / weather, the wild life and of course the wild human fauna. If you can stop hoping Mr P would "man up" then these are a very good read.

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