The eighth crime thriller in the award-winning Joe Pickett series by C.J. Box. Joe must investigate a series of grisly murders during hunting season.

It's elk season in the Rockies, but this year one hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. A gripping Joe Pickett story from C.J. Box, whose novels have been adapted into the hit TV shows Joe Pickett and Big Sky. Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett takes the call when a hunter is found dead in the mountains. But this was no accident: the man was strung up, gutted, skinned and beheaded, as if he were the elk he’d been pursuing. With a killer on the loose and the public horrified, Governor Rulon is forced to end hunting season early for the first time in state history, losing Wyoming lucrative revenue and infuriating hunters. That’s the least of Joe’s worries, for soon another murder victim is discovered. Are the killings the work of a deranged anti-hunting activist, or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? With few clues to go on and tension rising, Joe must hunt down the murderer before they strike again. Reviews for Blood Trail 'Writing beautifully about the Mountain West and its people.' Publishers Weekly 'Writing genius...on a par with...James Lee Burke...' Library Journal

"Box knows what readers expect and delivers it with a flourish." - Cleveland Plains-Dealer

"Compares to Hemingway’s best hunting and fishing narratives." - Michael Ray Taylor,The Nashville Scene