Well, I finally started the next book in the Joe Pickett series, Out of Range. I'm currently on chapter six of the book. Talk about a beginning that really pulls you in from the get go and hasn't let go yet. It first starts off with a game warden cooking and eating dinner and then leads into the man taking his own life. Well, naturally it leads you to believe that it is the main game warden.
On a brighter note, the next five chapters takes you to a wedding of Joe's mother-in-law on a beautiful ranch setting of the Bighorn Mountains. While having dinner at the reception they get the news that a game warden from Jackson Hole was found dead in his home and it looked like a suicide. Game warden Jensen was a friend of theirs and they just couldn't figure out what happened. After some drinking, eating, dancing, and partying, they are on their way home not knowing that a possible new future is in their view.
As most people assume, Joe works out of a Game and Fish Department building, but all reality, Joe has an office in his house. As the rest of the family changes out of their wedding attire, Joe goes into his office to see if he has any messages. Joe had three messages waiting for him. The first one was from a ranching calling to complain of the elk coming down from the mountains eating his hay and wondering when the fencing was going to be put up. The second phone call was an odd one. It was a gentleman with heavy breathing and faint music in the background. Joe can't figure out who it is or why he is getting these phone calls. The third in the past month. The third phone call was from Joe's Supervisor, Trey Crump. He was calling and confirming the death of the game warden from Jackson Hole. Along with that, he is needing someone to fill in for the up coming elk season. He put in a recommendation for a game warden and he recommended Joe. One of the other warden's he requested was Will Jensen, but since he decided to take his own life, he has called Joe to see if he would like to come up.
The rest of the Sunday was spent tieing up loose ends before heading out to the Jackson Hole. This includes packing bags, the truck, and meeting with Nate Romanowski, a friend of Joe's. On his way to Jackson, he is interrupted from Trey saying that he needs to meet Joe as there is a grizzly bear problem and he needs Joe's help.
Well, that's where I leave you for now. I'm curious as you are wondering more about the mysterious phone calls, the grizzly bear, as well as the investigation on to why Will Jensen took his own life.
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