Blood Trail

Someone is killing off hunters in Wyoming. 8 books into this series and I'm still really enjoying it. He now has to deal with leaking roofs and nosy neighbors. Reporting directly to the governor he has become a troubleshooter and fills in where needed at the whim of the governor. All the characters are there: Nate, wife and kids and some others new to the story line.Those are the bad guys. Some familiar ones get bumped off. At the end, there are a pile of bodies. The story is clean and firm

Joe Pickett, family and Nate Romanowski are at it again. Someone is killing off hunters in Wyoming, but Joe feels it is personal since each is left with a poker chip in his mouth. Joe's kinda boss is more than ready to support him (yes, hell as frozen over!) with all the help he needs. Wh6y? Joe has an idea but, as things progress life takes a bad turn. I love this series. I love learning about Wyoming, the Parks there and what game wardens do.

The only flaw in this book is that our hero Joe again solves a very important case that has buffaloed everyone else, but gets in trouble over it which seems to be the way all the Pickett books that I have read so far have ended, some thing I call the McCloud syndrome. You can never satisfy your boss and you never get the respect you deserve as was seen in the old TV series McCloud with Dennis Weaver. It gets tiresome.

Someone is hunting hunters. Shooting them down like the big game they're stalking. Joe Pickett's still troubleshooting for the governor, and the latest murder's way to close to home. Pickett hangs on like a bulldog, but his fumbling, somewhat apologetic manner gets a bit annoying after a while.

What I like about the main character Joe Pickett is that he's human. He makes mistakes, struggles to communicate with his teenage daughter and has an ongoing conflict with his bosses. Pretty much life in general. In this story Joe must make a decision that will keep him awake at night. Did he do the right thing?