Review

Nowhere to Run: A Joe Pickett Novel

by C. J. Box

Once in a while I’ll pick up a book that leaves me slack-jawed in wonder by the time I put it down. NOWHERE TO RUN by C. J. Box has been one of those books for me. Joe Pickett is Box’s western Job, a man who is afflicted with troubles of his own making but is a good and decent person constantly striving to do the right thing in a bad world. Covering 10 days when things go from bad to worse for Pickett, this is one of those very rare books that perfectly demonstrates the dilemma of doing what’s right and proper, even when the result is pre-ordained to be di