Vicious Circle
- Published
- 1 January 2017
- Pages
- 417
- ISBN-13
- 9780735218512
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2017, "Vicious Circle" is the 16th Joe Pickett novel, and comes in at 417 pages. Like the rest of the series, it follows Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett -- stubborn, chronically underpaid, and hopeless at holding his tongue around powerful people -- through the murders, poaching conspiracies, and political corruption that surround the empty country around fictional Saddlestring.
Key facts about Vicious Circle
C. J. Box wrote Vicious Circle, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2017. The book has 417 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780735218512 to find the main one.
Vicious Circle is book 18 of 28 in the Joe Pickett series. The series has 27 published books, while 1 more has an announced date. However, the series starts with Open Season (2001).
The Crossroads is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 February 2026. Meanwhile, The Missing comes next, with an announced date of 23 February 2027.
Additionally, C. J. Box writes Cassie Dewell as a separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Crossroads is the latest published C. J. Box book on file, from 24 February 2026. The next announced C. J. Box release is due on 23 February 2027, so there is still more to come.
About C. J. Box
C. J. Box is an American crime novelist best known for the Joe Pickett series, following a Wyoming game warden whose investigations into wildlife crimes routinely escalate into far larger conspiracies involving corruption, environmental exploitation, and violence in the rural West. See every C. J. Box book in order.
Its place in Joe Pickett
Vicious Circle is book 18 in the Joe Pickett series. It follows Off the Grid. It is followed by The Disappeared. See the full Joe Pickett reading order.
Joe Pickett is a Wyoming game warden — a job that keeps landing him in the middle of murders, poaching conspiracies, eco-terrorism, corporate land grabs and political corruption across the vast, empty country around fictional Saddlestring. Joe is stubborn, chronically underpaid, allergic to political games, and hopeless at holding his tongue around powerful people, which gets him fired, reassigned and shot at with regularity — but it also makes him the game warden who actually goes after the people everyone else…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781784973155
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781784973131
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780735218512