Books by C J Box

Book SynopsisEdgar Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box delivers a thriller about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone, now reissued with additional bonus content including an introduction from the author.Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who's fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. As Cody digs deeper into the case, all roads lead to foul play. After years of bad behavior with his department, Cody is in no position to be investigating a homicide, but he will stop at nothing to find Hank's killer. When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multiday wilderness horseback trip into the remote corners of Yellowstone National Parka pack trip that includes his son JustinCody

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel.Blue Heaven is the break-out novel from C. J. Box, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series. A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murderfour men who know exactly who William and Annie are. And where their mother lives.Retired policemen from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the local sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. Now there''s nowhere left for William and Annie to hideand no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins.Rawlins, an old-school rancher, knows trouble when he sees it. He is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses. But in this thrilling mystery novel from C.J. Box, these ex-cops don''t know just how far Rawlins will go to protect William and Annieand see that Trade Review"A non-stop thrill ride - a provocative suspense novel that has you rooting for the characters every step of the way." - Harlan Coben"

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Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author C.J. Box''s novels have been called red hot (Booklist) and edge-of-your-seat read[s] (Omaha World-Herald). Now he delivers a novel that will steal your sleep as much as it will wrench your heart. Three Weeks to Say Goodbye is a novel about something that could be anyone''s worst nightmare. . . Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone callAngelina''s birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rightsand he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, will use every trick in the book to make sure it happens. The McGuanes attempt to meet face-to-face with the father and sonbut soon it becomes clear that there''s something sinister about their motivationsand that love for Angelina is not one of them.

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Book SynopsisDon’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip—but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted—in this thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. **Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary novel**When the governor of Wyoming gives Joe Pickett the thankless task of taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip, Joe reluctantly treks into the wilderness with his high-profile charge. But as they venture into the woods, a man-hunter is hot on their heels, driven by a desire for revenge. Finding himself without a weapon, a horse, or a way to communicate, Joe must rely on his wits and his knowledge of the outdoors to protect himself and his companion.Meanwhile, Joe''s closest friend, Nate Romanowski, and his own daughter Sheridan learn of the threat to Joe''s lif

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Book SynopsisDon’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must accompany a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip—but soon learns that he himself may be the hunted—in this thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. **Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary novel**When the governor of Wyoming gives Joe Pickett the thankless task of taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip, Joe reluctantly treks into the wilderness with his high-profile charge. But as they venture into the woods, a man-hunter is hot on their heels, driven by a desire for revenge. Finding himself without a weapon, a horse, or a way to communicate, Joe must rely on his wits and his knowledge of the outdoors to protect himself and his companion.Meanwhile, Joe''s closest friend, Nate Romanowski, and his own daughter Sheridan learn of the threat to Joe''s lif

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Book SynopsisDon’t miss the JOE PICKETT series—now available to stream on Paramount+The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won''t take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. Even after the discovery of two more bodies, and the resolution of the case by local police, Joe continues to investigate.As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of this rare species gets out, it will destroy any ch

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Book SynopsisWyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facility in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller CJ Box.When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries while hunting down a wounded elk on his district as an epic spring storm descends upon him. First, he finds the professor?s vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then Joe finds the professor?s frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, his investigation is obstructed by federal agents, extreme environmentalists, and Governor Colter Allen.Nate Romanowski is rebuilding his falconry company?and financing this through crypto mining with the assistance of Geronimo Jones. He?s then approached by a shadowy group of local militant activists that is gaining in power and influence, and demanding that Wyoming join other western states and secede from the union?by force, if necessary. They ask Nate to throw in with them, but he?s wary. Should he trust them, or is he being set up?As a storm of peril gathers around them, Joe and Nate confront it in different ways?and maybe, for the first time, on opposite sides.

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Book SynopsisThe Bitterroots is a riveting new novel from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box.The ties that bind can also burn. Former sheriff's investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over in private practice. She's her own boss and answers to no one, and that's just the way she likes it after the past few tumultuous years. All that certainty changes when an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young woman from an influential family. An appealing new heroine, a fast-moving plot, and a memorably nightmarish family make this one of Box's best.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out by the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there's always something more to the story. The Kleinsassers have ruled this part o

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Book SynopsisInvestigator Cassie Dewel must work through deep roots without getting ensnared in #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box''s latest searing novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution.Former sheriff's investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over as in private practice. She's her own boss and answers to no one, and that's just the way she likes it after the past few tumultuous years. All that certainty changes when an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young woman from an influential family.Against her own better judgment, Cassie agrees. But out by the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana, twisted family loyalty runs as deep as the ties to the land, and there''s always something more to the story. The Kleinsassers have ruled this part of Montana for decades, and the Iron Cross Ranch is their stronghold. They want to see Blake Kleinsasser, the black sheep of the family, put awa

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Book SynopsisBack of Beyond is the first book in the thrilling Highway Quartet series from the New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box.One of the most suspenseful wilderness thrillers since Deliverance. -Associated PressCody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns up dead in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who's fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. As Cody digs deeper into the case, all roads lead to foul play. After years of bad behavior with his department, Cody is in no position to be investigating a homicide. But he will stop at nothing to find out who murdered Hank. And why...When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multiday wilderness horseback trip in Yellowstone National Park, Cody is desperate to get on the trail and stop the killer in

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Book SynopsisThe inspiration for the hit ABC television series Big Sky. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the New York Times bestselling author of Back of Beyond and Breaking Point and the creator of the Joe Pickett series is back. If C.J. Box isn''t already on your list, put him there.--USA Today When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them again. The girlsand their carsimply vanish. Former police investigator Cody Hoyt has just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety. Convinced by his son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, he begins the drive south to the girls'' last known location. As Cody makes his way to the lonely stretch of Montana highway where they went missing, Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle Sullivan aren''t the first g

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Book SynopsisThe inspiration for the hit ABC television series Big Sky. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the New York Times bestselling author of Back of Beyond and Breaking Point and the creator of the Joe Pickett series is back. If C.J. Box isn''t already on your list, put him there.--USA Today When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them again. The girlsand their carsimply vanish. Former police investigator Cody Hoyt has just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety. Convinced by his son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, he begins the drive south to the girls'' last known location. As Cody makes his way to the lonely stretch of Montana highway where they went missing, Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle Sullivan aren''t the first g

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Book SynopsisIn C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it's the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstad's new deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell has ever encountered. . . Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. Even though Kyle has been written off as a slow kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene. Suddenly he's in possession of a lot of money-and packets of white powder-and Kyle can't help but wonder whether his luck has changed...for better or for worse. Suspenseful-you can't put it down.''-Library JournalWhen the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, it's up to Cassie to help restore law and order. But is she in

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Book SynopsisIn C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it's the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstad's new deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell has ever encountered. . . Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. Even though Kyle has been written off as a slow kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene. Suddenly he's in possession of a lot of money-and packets of white powder-and Kyle can't help but wonder whether his luck has changed...for better or for worse. Suspenseful-you can't put it down.''-Library JournalWhen the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, it's up to Cassie to help restore law and order. But is she in

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Book SynopsisExcellent...Box keeps Paradise Valley taut, with twists that are as suspenseful as they are believable. The Washington PostBox''s fourth novel featuring Cassie Dewell, the inspiration for the hit TV show Big Sky on ABC, comes to trade paperback.She almost caught him once. Now he's back.For three years, investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as the Lizard King, whose hunting grounds are the highways and truck stops where runaways and prostitutes are most likely to vanish. Cassie almost caught him... once.Working for the Bakken County, North Dakota, sheriff's department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap, luring him and his truck to a depot. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and the blame falls on Cassie. Disgraced, she loses her job and an inquiry into her role in the debacle is put into motion.At the same time, Kyle Westergaard, a troubled kid whom C

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Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box''s Treasure State finds Cassie Dewell in Montana on the trail of a con man.Private Investigator Cassie Dewell's business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who's disappeared somewhere in the treasure state. A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. The trail takes Cassie to Anaconda, Montana, a quirky former copper mining town that's the perfect place to reinvent yourself. As the case develops, Cassie begins to wonder if her client is telling her everything.On top of that, Cassie is also working what''s easily one of her strangest assignments ever. A poem that promises buried treasure to one lucky adventurer has led to a cutthroat competition and five deaths among treasure-hunters. But Cassie's client doesn't want the treasure. Instead,

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Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box''s Treasure State finds Cassie Dewell in Montana on the trail of a con man.Private Investigator Cassie Dewell's business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who's disappeared somewhere in the treasure state. A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. The trail takes Cassie to Anaconda, Montana, a quirky former copper mining town that's the perfect place to reinvent yourself. As the case develops, Cassie begins to wonder if her client is telling her everything.On top of that, Cassie is also working what''s easily one of her strangest assignments ever. A poem that promises buried treasure to one lucky adventurer has led to a cutthroat competition and five deaths among treasure-hunters. But Cassie's client doesn't want the treasure. Instead,

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