Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box

Author:C.J. Box
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9780857890467
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2004-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

Joe nodded. “But that doesn’t mean that because you just found this thing it was made last night. You see, if you look close at the dirt in the ring you can see that it’s been weathered. There’s old pockmarks from rain in it. This circle has been here quite a while—at least a month, and probably longer than that.”

Thompson looked puzzled for a moment, obviously doubting himself, then rebounding, as Joe knew he would.

“What difference does it make if the crop circle was made last night or a month ago? It’s still a damned crop circle.”

Joe shook his head. “Don’t you have caretakers who live here in the winter when you’re in Texas?”

“A woman stays here,” Thompson said impatiently, trying to figure out where Joe was going. “Heidi Moos. She stays in the guest house and watches over the place.”

“I know Heidi,” Joe said. She was an attractive, dark-haired woman who had moved to Wyoming from Alabama. “She moved here with her horse a few years ago. She’s a horse trainer, right? I mean real horses.”

Thompson puffed up. “I resent that, mister. Miniatures are real horses.”

Joe raised his hand, palm up. “Calm down, that’s not what I meant. I should have said ‘full-sized’ horses. My point is that she’s a horse trainer. This is the only flat ground on this side of the hill. It’s the best place to set up a portable round pen. You know what a round pen is, right?”

“Of course I do,” Thompson said. “I’ve got one by my corral.”

“My guess is that Heidi set up her round pen right here last winter and spring,” Joe said, soldiering on. “I’ve seen how horses running in a controlled circle eventually cut right through the turf like this. I’ve got a couple of these ‘crop circles’ next to my own corral, where my wife, Marybeth, works our horses.”

Thompson’s face was red. “That’s how you want to explain it away?”

“Yup.”

“You think I’m overreacting? That what we’re looking at is where Heidi set up her round pen?”

“Yup.”

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