OUT OF RANGE

Joe Pickett, game warden in Saddlestring, Wyoming, is temporarily assigned to the more upscale and politically charged Jackson Hole district when his friend and fellow game warden, Will Jensen, turns up dead by his own gun. Was it suicide—or something more sinister? David Chandler captures the honor and grit of Pickett, the irritating personality of Pickett's eldest daughter, the quirkiness of the environmental activist, and the desperation of the land developer, who all play a part in the mystery Pickett must solve. Chandler plays the suspense against a backdrop of the vast and vanishing beauty of the Tetons. The story is slow paced, but the action, especially in the wilds, is heart pounding. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2009]