Open Season - C.J. Box

The First Joe Pickett Novel

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts, and the game warden-especially one like Joe, who won't take bribes or look the other way-is always far from popular.  When Joe finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally-and thrusts himself into a mystery that threatens the life and family he loves.