β Scribed by C. J. Box
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Twilight falls on a cold, wet spring day in the mountains of Montana. A cabin smolders in the forest. In the remains of the kitchen, a table set for two; next door, the remains of a single body.
Alerted by hikers, Detective Cody Hoyt is called to the scene. While a brilliant cop, Cody is also an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety and it doesn't help that the body in the cabin is his AA sponsor Hank Winters. It looks like the suicide of a man who's fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. He's convinced its foul play.
But after years of bad behavior directly related to his drinking, Cody has few friends left in the department. And when he shoots and wounds the county coroner in a botched stakeout he is suspended from duty. But Hank was one of the few friends Cody had left and he's determined to find his killer, badge or no badge.
Who was at Hank's cabin? Data pulled from Hank's fire-damaged hard drive leads Cody to a website running wilderness adventures deep into the most remote parts of Yellowstone National Park. Their big trip of the year has just left - a two-week horseback journey into the wild. The very same trip that Cody's estranged teenage son, Justin, has signed up for.
Cody has no choice but to trek deep into the wild himself in pursuit of his son and the truth about Hank. In America's greatest wilderness, Cody is on his own, he's out of time, he's in too deep, he's in the Back of Beyond.
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βOnce again, Box provides the complete suspense package: unobtrusively slick detection, buckets of surprises and mounting thrills, all amid his trademark settings in the majestic high country.β βKirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
βTerrifically entertaining stuff that comes together with a bang in the end...β βBooklist
β...timeless...gripping...resemble(s) an Agatha Christie closed-community whodunnit but with horses, bears, wolves, and hunting rifles.β βSunday Times (UK)
βBox...knows life and death in the backcountry like few other writers today.β βLibrary Journal
β...a taut tale...that hooks you.β βUSA Today
βIf Box isn't already on your list, put him there.β βToronto Globe and Mail
β...a riveting, unforgettable work...beautifully written and wonderfully told.β βBookreporter.com
β...perceptive...well-rounded...smooth, muscular writing keeps the tension rising.β βFinancial Times
βGrade A...page-flying suspense with superior character portrayal...a great adventure.β βCleveland Plain Dealer
'One of the most talented thriller writers at work today' Daily Express 'One of today's solid-gold, A-list, must-read writers.' Lee Child 'Writing genius on a par with James Lee Burke' Library Journal 'Box is one of the best' Tess Gerritsen 'CJ Box is at the top of his game' Michael Connelly 'A provocative suspense novel that has you rooting for the characters every step of the way' Harlan Coben
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