BOX'S MYSTERY MAN LIVES ON: Cheyenne mystery writer C.J. Box has announced that a new two-book deal was recently negotiated with G.P. Putnam's Sons for additional Joe Pickett novels in the series. This means there will be new Joe Pickett novels (eight in all) through 2008. The most recent book in the series, Out of Range, was released by Putnam in May 2005.