Monday, May 14, 2007

Free Fire by C. J. Box #21 ****

From Amazon: Pickett, having been fired as a game warden, is working as foreman of his father-in-law's ranch when Wyoming's loose-cannon governor, Spencer Rulon, reinstates him--not to work his old district but to investigate, without official support, a crime in Yellowstone National Park. A lawyer has found a legal loophole that allows him to kill four campers and walk away scot-free, enraging Rulon. (A remote, uninhabited part of the park, soon dubbed the "Zone of Death," has murky jurisdiction and no residents to form a jury.) But, sure as Pickett is hard on government vehicles, there's something even more sinister than a twisted legal mind behind the murders.

05/21/07 This turned out to be pretty good. I happened to take a trip up to Jackson Hole while reading this and even though it takes place in Yellowstone still was cool getting the real feel for the setting.

Interesting and thought provking.

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