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    Endangered

    Written by C. J. Box

    Narrated by David Chandler

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    About this audiobook

    Joe has good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, his eighteen-year-old foster daughter, April, has run off with him. And then comes worse news: the body of a girl has been found in a ditch along the highway – barely alive, the victim of blunt force trauma. It is April, and the doctors don't know if she'll recover. Cates denies having anything to do with it - but Joe knows in his gut who's responsible.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateMay 7, 2015
    ISBN9781471291470
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    C. J. Box

    C.J. Box is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels including the award-winning Joe Pickett series. Box has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel as well as the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Le Calibre .38 awards. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. Box lives outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

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    • 5/5
      Excellent. One of my favourite of the Joe Pickett series. Love how the narrator brings it to life.
    • 3/5
      When we last saw the Pickett family, April had just ran away with a local cowboy with a checkered past, Nate was in federal custody after the Wolfgang Templeton debacle and Missy had absconded with the very unfortunate but yet not realizing it Mr. Templeton. Now, a few months later, April reappears in the worst possible way - beaten almost to death and thrown into a ditch, surviving the night almost by a miracle. In the meantime, Nate strikes a deal with the government to serve as bait for his old co-worker (of a type) and is released under very strict conditions. Missy is still MIA to almost everyone's relief. And these two events become the center of the novel - Joe is trying to find who assaulted and almost killed his daughter, Marybeth spends most of the book in the hospital, looking over April and Nate and his girlfriend end up having their own problems. 15 novels into the series, a reader knows that the two story lines will need to connect somewhere. And they eventually connect but it felt as a setup for the next novel than a part of this one - not having the Nate subplot would not have changed much of the main story (except at the very end - and that could have been handled differently). C. J. Box has a tendency to leave some of his supporting characters almost cartoonishly cardboardy. Sometimes they appear in later novels, get more definition and a few installments later, they actually feel like real people. Throwaway characters which never reappear can occasionally feel more like a type than a person. It rarely bothers me because it does not really harm the action (yes, they would be better if they are well developed but...). But even for him, some of the characters here were not even full concepts, let alone characters.The Cates family, the main antagonists of novel, are almost the antithesis of the Pickett family - a doting Mom (in a very different way), a Dad, 3 children (3 girls for Pickett, 3 boys for Cates), the middle child being the bad apple. As the novel progresses, you get a lot more of these parallels all the way to the final moments when mother's love and trust become the key to explaining what really happened and why. And while some of the Cateses have something of a personality, it is mostly seen as the anti-personality compared to the other family. Don't get me wrong - Brenda Cates can give you nightmares but the rest of the family? They are just types, they are there to serve as plot points. And then there is Dudley who is even more cartoonish than the usual way bureaucrats are depicted in the series. Add a few side plots (including one connected to Joe's actual job of course), yet another truck being totaled by Joe (I will be curious to see what they will give him to drive this time), some breathtaking scenery and a few people getting shot and you have the novel. With all this being said, the novel actually managed to surprise me at its end. Through most of the novel you are absolutely sure you know what happened to April but it is not until the very end when we finally get the confirmation - and it was not exactly what I expected it to be. Or anyone else in the novel. The whole construction of the novel shows how easy it is to let preconceptions and believes guide your understanding of events. Saying that is not even a spoiler because there are so many layers of lies and beliefs in the novel that by the time you get to the end, it feels like you really cannot trust anything you think you know. And despite everything that was not really working in the novel, that makes it worth reading, especially if you had been keeping up with the series. A decent installment into the series and I will probably pick up the next one soon - as with most of the later novels, the end of this one sets the stage for the next one (although technically here the whole Nate subplot sets the stage for the next one from what I can see in the next book's description). One thing that is starting to be a bit annoying with the series: I wish that the author will stop throwing stuff at April's head and getting her into trouble. While most of it makes sense considering her character and past, it starts to feel a bit like a case of "The girls that were born and raised in the family are the good ones and can never do anything really bad or stupid because Marybeth is such a wonderful mother but we need some family drama so let's mess up with April again". Hopefully we are done with all that.
    • 4/5
      Many plots for the price of one...daughter assaulted, Nate gets out of jail, sage grouse assaulted. Joe Pickett, game warden, handles them all. Characters de rigueur for a Pickett novel, except for Joe's political appointee boss, who's not in the book. I really enjoyed this listen and couldn't put it down. Where's #16?
    • 4/5
      This is my first C. J. Box novel and I'm already in love with his writing. Granted this is book #15, but I had no problems following the characters or storyline, so it's definitely a standalone.

      Joe Pickett is an awesome character. If you love mystery/thrillers and haven't tried C. J. Box, definitely give him a try.
    • 5/5
      I haven't read a "Box" book yet that I havent' loved! He just keeps getting better and better I think. Really great writing- there's no redundancy, ìts concise, the characters are likeable, the plots are always well thought out and they just work! Well done- Keep it up!
    • 4/5
      Someone gave me the book that preceded this one and because of the way that one ended I wanted to read this one, as the story was left hanging. This seems to be a good series the author tells a story well and the characters are well developed, but like James Lee Burke's Robichaux series, the main character seems to be getting a little old to be acting the way he does. Otherwise the adventure is a fun book to read.
    • 5/5
      I don't know what formula C.J. Box uses to keep cranking out these wonderful novels, but he has latched onto something that works. This one revolves around the story of Joe Pickett's adopted daughter April, who is found along the edge of a road nearly beaten to death. While Mary Beth camps at April's hospital bedside waiting to see if she will come out of her medically-induced coma, Joe sets off to find a killer. Good stuff!
    • 4/5
      Many plots for the price of one. Who is killing the sage grouse? Who assaulted April and left her for dead? And, what part will Nate Romanoswski play in the book? Box weaves the above into a fast moving and interesting story that demonstrates why Sadddlestring Wyoming is one of the more exciting places to live. Joe destroys another truck in the process but bring it all to a satisfactory, if a little suprising, conclusion.
    • 4/5
      C.J. Box knows how to write. I have enjoyed the novels about Joe Pickett that I have read. The characters are well thought out and explained. The plot this time was really wild and compelling. I did enjoy reading this book and am happy when I find another Box.J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms" "Wesley's Wars" and "To Whom It May Concern"
    • 5/5
      Joe Pickett is just out gathering evidence from another case, when he gets a call that a young girl has been found very near death in a ditch. They seem to think it is his missing daughter.The story has several things going at once, and Joe is working to help with all of them. From the very beginning the author draws you into the story. The book is very intense and feels like you're a part of it. Just like you can feel the pain and suffering everyone is going thru.The book is one that is hard to put down once you start to read. This was the first book I've read by C J Box, but sure will be reading some of his others.I received my copy as an Uncorrected Proof from Goodreads.
    • 4/5
      Another instant classic read. I have not really gotten to know Joe Pickett but the little bit that I am familiar with I am enjoying. I really felt like I connected with him in this book. I like that the father side of him really came out. He was not just sheriff but a father who like any loving father you do not want to mess with when his daughter is hurt. Quick reading with high intensity. I could not stop reading. Mr. Box is a great storyteller. He brings life to his stories and characters as if they really were people. Not much of a surprise when it came to the responsible party. However still fun to read how it would all end. Which it did end and with a big bang in a good way. Can't wait to read the next book by this author.
    • 5/5
      I have to admit that I read Endangered as a sort of experiment. You see, I haven't read past book five in C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series, and book five was a long time ago. Even though I enjoyed those five books, I had to ask myself if I was ever going to get the chance to catch up. Since I didn't believe I could, short of shoving everything else to the side and reading the series straight through, I decided to jump in here at book fifteen. A lot of things have happened to Joe and his family in those ten books I didn't read, but Box gave me enough information to fill in the blanks so I didn't feel hopelessly lost. In fact, I almost felt as if I'd never left-- and that's got a lot to do with the author's creation of such a strong character. There are three storylines on the move in Endangered. There's what happened to all those sage grouse for starters. Most people probably don't think of the ramifications of placing animals on the endangered species list, but Box makes it quite clear what could happen if those birds are, and he weaves the information into the narrative seamlessly. This storyline also adds a lot of tension and stress to Joe's life at a time when he certainly doesn't need it. The "sage grouse twins" Annie Hatch of the Bureau of Land Management and Revis Wentworth of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seem to go out of their way to push Joe over the edge. The second storyline involves Nate Romanowski, who just might be released from federal custody as along as he agrees to jump through all the hoops that FBI agent Dudley has set up for him. Dudley ranks right up there with the sage grouse twins in being adept at making people lose their tempers. This storyline is a quiet one, but longtime readers know Nate will make his presence known. The third storyline is the most important: the identity of the person responsible for what happened to April Pickett. It has Joe treading the fine line between being a father and being a law enforcement officer. Box has created one of the best dysfunctional families in fiction with the Cates. From the quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Eminem at the very beginning of the book to warnings given to Joe by the sheriff, readers know from the start that Brenda Cates is the Ma Barker of Wyoming. She is the one person in that violent family that Joe has to be most careful of. Knowing that, does it mean that there are no surprises in this storyline? Don't believe that for a second! I'm so glad I decided to head back to Wyoming to visit a spell with Joe Pickett. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed Box's intricately woven plots, fast pacing, and well-drawn characters. As the chapters flew by, I became convinced of one thing: no way am I going to let another ten books go by before I read another one. Joe Pickett's simply too good to neglect. Shame on me!