This suspenseful thriller from the New York Times best-selling series uncovers the conspiracy of Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett to search for fugitives. Joe Pickett has always taken a liking for Butch Roberson, a hard-working local business owner whose daughter is friends with his daughter. Little does he know that Butch is actually on the run when he says he's on his way to the mountains to look for moose. Two of his EPA personnel were murdered and all evidence points to Butch being the killer. Soon, Joe hears about the land Butch and his wife bought to retire on—until he learns that the EPA has declared it a wetland—and the debt they impose on Butch until the family is torn apart. about penalties. After all, the man seems to have fallen. It's a terrible story. But is that the whole story? The more Joe investigates, the more he wonders.