But when someone from town is murdered, Pickett begins to investigate in hopes of finding the killer. Game warden Joe Pickett and his family navigate the shifting sociopolitical climate of a rural town on the verge of economic collapse when a murder victim winds up on Joe's doorstep, the Picketts find themselves embroiled in a larger conspiracy. Also making things complicated is the InterWest company, which is hoping to run its pipeline through the area, and his mother-in-law, who has been forced to move in with them. This doesn't sit well with locals who are struggling to survive in the dying town, and who expect Pickett to look away when they break the law. While helping colorful town residents manage life alongside the local wildlife population, he's also on the lookout for illegal hunters and poachers. Joe Pickett has moved to Saddlestring along with his wife Marybeth and their two young daughters to take over the game warden post vacated by the popular Vern Dunnegan. He's human, and real, which means he sometimes screws up. He works hard and tries, sincerely, to "do the right thing." He doesn't talk much. He doesn't arrive with excess emotional baggage, or a dark past that haunts him. He's happily married with a growing family of daughters. The character of Joe Pickett is, in a way, the antithesis of many modern literary protagonists.
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