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C. J. Box

Book Review: Shadows Reel by C. J. Box

By J.B. Stevens

March 8, 2022

Turning and turning in the widening gyre   The falcon cannot hear the falconer;   Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;   Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.   William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming”, featured in the opening of Shadows Reel Shadows Reel is the twenty-second Joe Pickett mystery/thriller novel from C.J.…

The Highway Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

January 4, 2021

Be 1 of 50 grand prize winners who will win a copy of The Highway by C.J. Box, the inspiration for the new ABC series Big Sky. Enter below for a chance to win! Sorry, you cannot enter at this time. Country Select oneUnited StatesOther E-mail First name Last Name Address 1 Address 2 City…

The 10 Best Modern Western Characters

By Jon Land

July 31, 2020

When asked about my Caitlin Strong series, I always describe them as modern-day westerns. And, in fact, the thriller form itself owes a great deal of its heritage to that genre. Having grown up with the films of Audie Murphy and Roy Rogers—not to mention classics like Shane, The Magnificent Seven, and High Noon along…

Genealogy at the Root of Crime Fiction: Seven Novels that Explore Genealogical Connections

By SC Perkins

July 20, 2020

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. —Ralph Waldo Emerson No matter the type of crime fiction, familial relationships are often the key factor in understanding why a bad deed is committed.…

Once Upon a Crime: “Axel’s Lament”

By Crime HQ

June 25, 2020

We teamed up with five crime writers to create a short story in real-time. The end result was “Axel’s Lament” which you can read in full below. A special thank you goes out to the participating authors (in order of appearance): C. J. Box, Ellison Cooper, Gregg Hurwitz, Michele Campbell, and Allison Brennan. The full…

Blue Heaven by C. J. Box

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Blue Heaven (Best Novel, 2009) 

By Anthony Franze

January 24, 2020

There’s something magical about finding a novel someone left behind at a summer beach house—the idea that people who will likely never cross paths sharing something meaningful, a great book, in the temporary break from their lives. That was how I came across my first C. J. Box novel, Blue Heaven. Re-reading the novel ten…

The Bitterroots by C. J. Box

Book Review: The Bitterroots by C.J. Box

By Gabino Iglesias

September 5, 2019

Venture to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana in The Bitterroots from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box. To uncover the truth in an assault case, former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell must fight against a family whose roots are tangled and deadly…

The Bitterroots by C. J. Box

The Bitterroots by C. J. Box: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

Welcome to The Bitterroots: a riveting new novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box.

The Bitterroots by C.J. Box: Advanced Copy Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

June 10, 2019

The ties that bind can burn you. Enter for a chance to win one of 10 advanced copies of The Bitterroots, a searing novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.

5 New Books to Read this Week: March 27, 2018

By Crime HQ

March 28, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new Hap & Leonard novel from Joe R. Lansdale combines with C. J. Box's latest Joe Pickett thriller…

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