Joe Pickett is the protagonist of CJ Box series. Joe is a game warden in Wyoming, who often acts as a private investigator to discover the twisted and complicate truth behind obvious murder.
Blood Trail (2008) - Joe needed to find out who murdered Frank and mutilated his body. Coincidence in politics? anti-hunting activist?
Cold Wind (2012) - Joe discovered the truth why Earl Alden was murdered and displayed on a wind turbine blade.
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei