Worse yet, the two storylines merge when Nate is framed for shooting Sue Hewitt, putting Joe Pickett in another tough spot as things begin to spiral out of control. As it turns out, the Sinaloan drug cartel has a hit out on Nate, who killed several of their members last time around after they shot up City Hall, wounding and murdering several people in the process. Together, they attempt to put past events behind them, where they belong, until one literally comes rumbling down their driveway. Meanwhile, as the search for the sniper takes shape, former outlaw turned respectable citizen (well, for the most part) Nate Romanowski is adjusting to fatherhood following the birth of his first child with Liv Brennan. Scribbling down names, Joe revisits some of the series’ best antagonists, from Dallas Cates to the Mad Archer, searching both high and low to find the shooter. Joe, who has known Hewitt for years, wants nothing more than to find whoever shot the man’s wife, but when each law enforcement officer is instructed to make a list of potential suspects, he quickly realizes that they might as well put together a list of people who don’t want to see the judge killed since Hewitt has made no shortage of enemies by putting away scumbags over the last twenty years. That list includes the newly elected sheriff, along with his deputies and everyone from the county prosecutor to, of course, game warden Joe Pickett. Using connections to the governor of Wyoming, Hewitt has pulled strings to have all law enforcement employees in Saddlestring focused on one job-finding whoever pulled the trigger. Now, as his wife lies dying in the hospital, the judge wants answers. The bullet, which traveled a great distance through the warm Wyoming air before crashing through the Hewitts’ living room window, entered Sue’s chest cavity, damaging vital organs and leaving her clinging to life. The setup is simple, everything else is not.įollowing the events of last year’s Wolf Pack, which saw a number of long-running, fan-favorite characters meet their demise, someone has taken a long-range shot at Judge Hewitt, but accidentally hit his wife, Sue, instead. Box delivers another up-all-night thriller with Long Range, the 20th book in his #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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