Joe Pickett

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 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…