Below Zero Hardback - 2009

by C. J. Box

Award-winning and national-bestselling writerC. J. Box returns with a vengeance in this thrilling newnovel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett.Below Zero begins with an unassuming phone message:"Tell Sherry April called." But Sherry-Joe Pickett'soldest daughter, Sheridan-and the Pickett family areshaken to the core. April, Pickett's foster daughter, was killedin a horrific murder and arson spree six years prior. To Joe, itdoesn't seem even remotely possible that April could havesurvived the massacre described in Winterkill. He was there. ButSherry starts to believe there's a chance that April is still alive;the girl on the other end of the phone is able to recall family incidentsthat only April could know.Joe, however, remains suspicious, especially when he discoversthat the calls have been placed from locations whereserious crimes have occurred.At the same time, an older man and a much younger girlcross the country. The man is on a mission to repent for thecrimes he's committed against the environment during his lifetime.He ultimately wants to offset each incident until he notonly becomes carbon neutral, but actually drops below zero-as if he's never existed. As the path of these travelers startsto intersect with the Pickett family's, the question is raised:Is this young girl April-or are Joe and his family the victims ofthe cruelest of hoaxes?