Blue Wolf in Green Fire: A Woods Cop Mystery (Woods Cop Mysteries) | 
| Author: Joseph Heywood
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 85777
Media: Paperback
Edition: First
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 1592286526
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781592286522
ASIN: 1592286526
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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Product Description
Upper Michigan Conservation Officer Grady Service has a case on his hands that doesn’t make sense. A series of protests and bombs planted by a group of animal-rights activists appears to have culminated in a double murder at a wolf lab, which releases into the wild an extraordinarily rare animal: a blue wolf. To the Ojibwa a blue wolf represents good luck--unless it is captured or killed, and then it is an omen of Armageddon. Service suspects that the murders aren’t what they seem to be when the FBI takes over the investigation and reaches far beyond its jurisdiction. Meanwhile, an elusive poaching ring that has been systematically
killing trophy deer sets its sights on wolves, of which there is a growing wild population in the Upper Peninsula. Once again, Service must defend his hallowed Mosquito Wilderness in a race against time when it becomes clear that the poachers’ final target is the blue wolf. The novel’s brilliant finale will cement Heywood’s reputation as one of today’s great mystery writers, and the Wood Cops series as the most exciting to come along in years. Full of memorable characters and steeped in the lives of the Woods Cops, Blue Wolf in Green Fire is also a masterpiece of suspense. This second book in the Woods Cop series is a fully satisfying journey into the natural world and beyond, into the terrifying extremes of human nature.
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Pay attention to this series September 16, 2006
There is no reason why this writer isn't on your list. Except for a "too tricky" ending that was seen from afar, this is the real thing.
Brilliant Finale July 29, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Sondra Flower for Reader Views (7/06)
Grady Service, a detective for the Department of Natural Resources in Michigan's Upper-Peninsula, is dependable, daring, creative and a bit of a lone wolf himself yet behaves as a young pup when in the company of his much younger Girlfriend Maridly Nantz. While Maridly is away dealing with her own DNR pursuits Grady is pulled into explosions, wolf killings, commercial poaching and governmental red tape just before hunting season starts. Grady must use all of his resources to bring the killer to justice, make some sense of the bombing at a federal wolf research lab and help save a blue wolf.
There is sex, guns, intrigue and the occasional bear, what more can you want?
I really enjoyed this book. There were many characters and each one was colorful and believable. Heywood created a wonderful natural setting for the story to thrive in. I loved the Amish/ Mennonite skirmish. That and many other events made such a bevy of little emergencies that you could feel harrowed energy in the character of Service. It all goes together seamlessly. I had never read anything that took this path before. It was interesting to see inside the DNR's workings and the lives of Conservation Officers. Living in Indiana near many DNR areas I see many Conservation Officers but never thought about the plights of hunting season or illegal activities in those areas. This book goes beyond hunting and hiking. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good story.
 A Unique Blend of the Outdoors and Whodunit Mystery July 20, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Joseph Heywood's excellent second volume addition to his Woods Cop series! Especially for those who love the outdoors as seen from the sportsman's perspective, police investigation mystery enthusiasts, and most particularly those who have a personal knowledge of various locations and the culture in Michigan's Upper Pennisula (U.P.).While some readers may find Heywood's character development and geographic references esoteric unless they've read the first Woods Cop series novel "Ice Hunter", this text does stand on its own and offers several exciting plot twists, excellent drama, and is satisfying in that the finish is not predictable. Using the slant of law enforcement from a conservation officer's (a.k.a. game warden's) perspective makes this book a very unique offering.
Change of Pace January 10, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a nice change of pace for readers of mysteries,
because it is about a Michigan game warden, and he works
in that "far off" world of the Upper Peninsula. This is
a nice introduction to the rather different life of a
game warden, who sometimes has to work like a regular cop,
but who also has to give priority to the well-being of
the wild animals he is to protect.
And how many game wardens, let along cops, get to work on
tracking down poachers whose ranks include professionalkillers of protected animals, foreigners, IRA terrorists,
and whose enemies include tight-lipped FBI agents and
Native Americans?
This guy has a maze of enemies whose relationships equal
those of a soap opera, and he has to sort through them like
the best of our detectives.
The story revolves around a mysterious explosion at an
unusual federal animal research lab on the shores of Lake
Superior, where 2 people are shot at close range, but where,
at the same time, 5 timber wolves escape. And when our game
warden arrives, he finds the place guarded by FBI agents,
with help from the Fish & Wildlife Svc and other strange
people. Plus, as he pokes around, he bumps into an Ojibway
game warden, who shouldn't even be there, but our guy, Grady
Service, hears about a very unusual "blue wolf" which is among
those escaping animals.
This is a nice, intricate mystery involving a large number of
people of all kinds, and it all takes place in the beautiful,
and sometimes lonely, U.P. of Michigan about the time deer
hunting season is to begin. It makes for a complex set of
characters, and this hero's march through the wilderness,
both natural and political, makes good reading.
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