• Savage Run

  • A Joe Pickett Novel
  • By: C. J. Box
  • Narrated by: David Chandler
  • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5,462 ratings)

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Savage Run

By: C. J. Box
Narrated by: David Chandler
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Publisher's summary

An Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Award winner, C. J. Box delivers the second pulse-pounding installment in his critically acclaimed series. While investigating a string of bizarre murders, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is forced to flee across treacherous terrain with a deadly tracker on his trail.

He's game: solve another mystery with Joe Pickett.
©2002 C.J. Box (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Picturesque detailing, admirable prose, and agitating suspense demonstrate the appeal of this follow-up to Box’s Edgar nominated debut." ( Library Journal)
"Laconic Joe Pickett returns to his slightly offbeat duties in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains in C. J. Box's Savage Run. Joe is called to the scene when an exploding cow kills a famous ecoterrorist, Stewie Woods, and his bride of three days, who were peacefully spiking trees. A visit to the cow's pugnacious owner leaves Joe defensive, angry, and curious: Why doesn't the rancher ask any questions about the bizarre accident that happened on his land? Then Joe's wife, Marybeth, begins receiving phone calls from her high-school boyfriend - the peculiarly healthy-sounding Stewie Woods. Stewie may or may not be alive, but his old pal Hayden Powell and other environmental activists are all turning up deceased in strange circumstances. As the body count climbs, Joe tries to sort out the bad guys, the good guys, and the truly dead guys in this sometimes funny, sometimes angry [novel]. Box depicts the spare beauty and cussed individualism of the intermountain West with the sure hand of a seasoned writer." (Amazon.com review)

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Another good read

I like Joe Pickett. This definitely shows his down to earth side in taking a middle ground between extreme factions. well written and narrated.

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A refreshing, entertaining story that keeps you in suspense.

How refreshing. A store full of tension & intrigue without people jumping in & out of bed & no “bad language”.

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love this series! always a pleasure to listen to w

always great to listen to while walking or working out, can't wait for winterkill next

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another good book in the series

lots of interesting plot plot turns and twists the focus is mostly on Joe Pickett but it also covers some environmental issues without taking sides and some historical issues.. I wonder if the showrunners on the TV series will ruin this book too
there's plenty of drama in the books with the family without creating needless drama like they do on Joe's Pickets family history

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Savage Run

I liked it, p good narrator. It was exciting to the end of the book.

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Love this series!

So glad I’m able to listen to them in order now. I started this series with Winterkill and unfortunately bounced around at first due to availability and time. I can’t wait to listen to Winterkill again after the first two in the series when my favorite supporting character is introduced into the story. Wish I’d started these a long time ago.

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Savage Run is awesome

Great CJ Box story. Love the characters, story and the reader. It’s all good. Look forward to more from this outstanding author.

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Great story

These books are awesome.. I love listening to the audio version . I will go through all the titles I’m sure.

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Story & narration.

Always enjoy this author & this subject! Good people doing good work in a difficult field.

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characters and conflict. the author showed in great detail both sides of nature versus man.

the author sometimes generalized the rangers, the police system, the people of the community.

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