Everything about the man is a mystery: The massive ranch in the remote Black Hills of Wyoming that nobody ever visits, the women who live with him, the secret philanthropies, the private airstrip, the sudden disappearances. And especially the persistent rumors that the man’s wealth comes from killing people. 

Stone Cold 
by C.J. Box
Read by David Chandler, 10h 49m
Rating A / Western Thriller 
(#14 in Joe Pickett Series)

Joe Pickett, still officially a game warden but now mostly a troubleshooter for the governor, is assigned to find out what the truth is, but he discovers a lot more than he’d bargained for. There are two other men living up at that ranch. One is a stone-cold killer who takes an instant dislike to Joe. The other is new – but Joe knows him all too well. The first man doesn’t frighten Joe. The second is another story entirely.

I’m still recovering so I missed parts of this book. It’s as good as ever though, and with a serious twist at the end.