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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Box, C. J.

Endangered / C. J. Box.

p. cm.—(A Joe Pickett novel ; 15)

ISBN 978-0-698-18443-5

1. Pickett, Joe (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Game wardens—Fiction. 3. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 4. Wyoming—Fiction. 5. Suspense fiction. 6. Mystery fiction. I. Title.

PS3552.O87658E53 2015 2014049854

813'.54—dc23

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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