C. J. BOX

A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of northern Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder-four men who know exactly who the children are, and where their desperate mother is waiting patiently by the phone for news of her children''s fate. In a ranching community increasingly populated by L.A. transplants living in gaudy McMansions, the kids soon find they don''t know whom they can trust among the hundreds of retired Southern California cops who''ve given the area its nickname: Blue Heaven.

After years of trying to have a baby, Jack and Melissa realize a dream with the adoption of their daughter Angelina. But a phone call that comes nine months after the adoption is unexpected and devastating. The birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights. And his father, a powerful Denver judge, wants him to own up to this responsibility. It is immediately apparent that there's something sinister about both of them and that love for Angelina is not the motivation for their actions. As Angelina's safety hangs in the balance, Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child, and when a horrifying game of intimidation begins, it is clear this may be a battle to the death.Following the success of Blue Heaven , C.J. Box is at his very best in this powerful and chilling new thriller that is sure to satisfy fans and blow away new readers.

After years of trying for a child, Jack and Melissa McGuane adopted a beautiful baby girl. Nine months later, a call from the adoption agency plunges them into every parent's worst nightmare: the father never signed away his parental rights, and now he wants his daughter back. The biological father is a sullen eighteen-year-old with gangland connections, and, even worse, is the son of a well-connected federal judge who is prepared to use the full weight of his influence to get what he wants. Together they wage a harrowing campaign of intimidation and harassment aimed at destroying the McGuanes before they can fight back. Jack and Melissa know that the boy has no love for his daughter, but what they don't know is why he and the judge want the girl so badly. With three weeks until they must legally hand over their baby, just how far outside the law are they prepared to go to find out?

They were running away from home, now they''re running for their lives ... If twelve-year-old Annie hadn''t been angry with her mother, she would never have taken her younger brother William on a secret fishing trip deep into the North Idaho woods and they would never have witnessed the execution nor looked straight into the eyes of the four executioners. Now they''re running for their lives. They can''t go home: the killers know exactly who they are. And where they live. They can''t turn to the law: the killers are four respected Los Angeles policemen. There''s nowhere for William and Annie to hide. And no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins. Rawlins, an old-school rancher, knows something is wrong with the law in Blue Heaven. But he is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses.

In C.J. Box''s Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now its the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstads 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 hes in possession of a lot of moneyand packets of white powderand Kyle cant help but wonder whether his luck has changedfor better or for worse.When the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, its up to Cassie to help restore law and order. But is she in over her head? As she is propelled on a collision course with a murderous enemy, she finds that the key to it all might come in the most unlikely form: a boy on a bike named Kyle. He keeps showing up where he doesnt belong. And he seems to know something that Cassie does not about what lies beneath the surface of this small and troubled town...

There's no hiding off the grid. Joe Pickett's old friend Nate Romanowski is off the grid, lying low while the FBI search for him. But they're not the only ones looking. Nate finds himself confronted by agents who need his help assessing a potential terror threat in Wyoming's Red Desert - in return they'll make Nate's criminal record disappear. Nate knows they can't be trusted - but with his liberty at stake, he has to comply...for now. Meanwhile, Joe's heading south, under orders from State Governor Rulon to investigate a rash of crimes and an uptick in secretive federal activity along Interstate 80...As they pursue their quarries, both men will be drawn deep into the Red Desert, 9,000 square miles of bleak, punishing terrain, home to a secret that could take them both down.

THE THRILLING NEW YORK TIMES 2 BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM C J BOX Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging killers one animal one human in this riveting adventure from award winning author C J Box A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage killing among others the prospective fiance of Joe Pickett s daughter At the same time Dallas Cates who Joe helped lock up is released from prison with a list of six names tattooed on his skin He wants revenge on the people who sent him away the people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property Targeted are his lawyer a judge the county prosecutor a prison guard Joe s associate Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett himself Using the grizzly attacks as cover Cates devises a method of violence identical to the bear killings and sets out to methodically check off his list Can Joe stop him before he himself becomes the next target on the killer s list Reviews for Three Inch Teeth Pulse pounding adventure Publishers Weekly Taut and suspenseful Irish Independent Full of suspense and action Mystery and Suspense Magazine Reviews for C J Box Box is writing at the top of his game Publishers Weekly C J Box is among the finest and

Could Joe Pickett s foster daughter seemingly killed six years ago still be alive A gripping read from award winning author and New York Times bestseller C J Box Tell Sherry April called A simple message that shakes Sheridan Pickett to the core For April foster daughter to Sheridan s parents Joe and Marybeth has been presumed dead since a brutal massacre that Joe Pickett himself witnessed To Joe it doesn t seem possible that April could have survived But the person who now begins to text Sheridan is able to recall things only April would know about When the texts turn ominous Marybeth discovers that they are being sent from locations where vicious murders have taken place Desperate to discover if April really is still alive and if so to protect her Joe and Sheridan take to the road with Joe s associate Nate Romanowski They will cross paths with a dying Chicago mobster on a mission of his own as Joe and his family seek to discover the truth and if the danger is as real as it seems Reviews for Below Zero The pace is relentless Denver Post Murder Well Done New York Times Spectacular Milwaukee Express

A death in the family spells tragedy and trouble for Joe Pickett A thrilling read from New York Times bestseller C J Box award winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series A body hangs from a wind turbine a bullet hole in his chest Earl Alden millionaire property developer His wife Missy is the prime suspect The case seems open and shut None of this would be a problem for Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett if Missy wasn t his mother in law Missy claims she s innocent and for his wife s sake Joe would like to believe her but all the early signs point to her being as guilty as sin Could the real killer still be out there somewhere With his wife on one side and the law on the other Joe needs to get to the truth before his family is ripped apart Reviews for Cold Wind A nonstop thrill ride not to be missed Bookpage Superlative Box s many fans won t be disappointed Booklist A page turner Seattle Post Intelligencer

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 call… Angelina's birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights—and 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 son…but soon it becomes clear that there's something sinister about their motivations—and that love for Angelina is not one of them. A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where everyone is suspect and no one is safe. Now Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child—even though time is running out…

A good friend and fellow game warden has killed himself, and Joe Pickett's been chosen to temporarily run his district. But Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe's hometown of Saddlestring - and it doesn't help that now Joe feels compelled to investigate the circumstances surrounding his friend's suicide. But as he comes closer to the truth, the more his own life spirals out of control - and he realizes that if he isn't careful, he may be Jackson's next victim...

"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."

When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in - law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do-especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin. But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is Missy being set up? He has the county DA and sheriff on one side, his wife on the other, his estranged friend Nate on a lethal mission of his own, and some powerful interests breathing down his neck. Whichever way this goes . .. it's not going to be good.

Pickett's 17-year-old daughter, Sheridan, begins receiving disturbing text messages from someone claiming to be her dead sister, and Pickett's entire family is forced to relive the tragedy. Even worse, whoever is sending these messages is traveling cross-country with suspected serial killers targeting people whose carbon footprint is too high. Still struggling with the guilt of not protecting April from her nightmarish fate in Winterkill, Pickett vows to save her this time, no matter the cost. Powered by provocative themes of environmental activism, this relentlessly paced powder keg of a thriller could be Box's best to date

C.J. Box ventures deep into the wilds of Yellowstone National Park with Cody Hoyt, maverick cop last seen in the bestselling breakout "Three Weeks To Say Goodbye". 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 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. This crime/thriller is suitable for readers of Harlan Coben, Linwood Barclay, and, Lisa Gardner.

Joe Pickett, recently fired from his job as a Wyoming game warden, is working on his father-in-law's ranch when he receives a visit from the governor. Governor Rulon - a devious but down-home politico - has a special request, one Joe knows he can't refuse. For weeks, the headlines have been abuzz with the story of Clay McCann, a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in a far-off corner of Yellowstone. After the murders, McCann immediately turned himself in at the nearest ranger station. Seemed like a slam-dunk case for law enforcement - except that the crimes were committed in a thin sliver of land with zero residents and overlapping jurisdiction, the so-called free-fire zone. McCann has taken advantage of an obscure loophole in the law: neither the state nor the federal government can try him for his crime. The worst mass murderer in Wyoming history walks out of jail a free man. Governor Rulon, sensitive to the rising tide of public outrage, wants his own investigation into the murders and will reinstate Joe as a game warden if he'll go to Yellowstone 'without portfolio' to investigate. Joe, happy to get his badge back, even under these circumstances, agrees. It quickly becomes clear to Joe that McCann is deeply involved with some illegal activity taking place in the park - something tremendously lucrative and unusually dangerous. As Joe and his partner Nate Romanowski search for the key to the murders, they discover that it may be hidden in the rugged terrain of the park itself.

Spring has finally come to Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is relieved the long, harsh winter is over. However, a dark cloud threatens to spoil the milder weather. Local ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances. Two of her sons, Hank and Arlen, are battling for control of their mother's multi-million-dollar empire, and their bitter fight threatens to tear the whole town apart. Everyone is so caught up in the brothers' battle that they seem to have forgotten that Opal is still missing. Joe is convinced, though, that one of the brothers murdered their mother. Determined to uncover the truth, he is attacked and nearly beaten to death by Hank Scarlett's new right-hand man on the ranch - a recently arrived stranger who looks eerily familiar... A series of threatening messages and attempts to sabotage Joe's career follow. At first, he thinks the attacks are connected with his investigation of Opal's disappearance, but he soon learns that someone else is after him - someone with a very personal grudge who wants to make Joe pay... and pay dearly.