Another cracking stand-alone crime novel from the award-winning U.S. crime writer. A washed up but brilliant cop finds the mentor he has relied on to keep him ‘on the wagon’ burnt to death in a remote log cabin. The start of a relentless, compelling story that constantly springs surprises and makes you keep turning the pages.
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A troubled cop seeks to save his son from a killer in the wilderness of Yellowstone. Back of Beyond is a gripping adventure from New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box, and the first book in the series that inspired hit TV show Big Sky. Twilight falls on a cold, wet spring day in the mountains of Montana. A cabin smoulders in the forest. Its charred structure reveals the remains of a single body. Detective Cody Hoyt investigates. A brilliant cop, Cody is also struggling with alcoholism and close to losing his job. It doesn't help that the body in the cabin is his AA sponsor, Hank Winters. It looks like a suicide, but Cody knew Hank better than that. Cody is determined to get justice for his friend. But when the clues lead to a company running wilderness adventures, he realises their latest trip, to Yellowstone National Park, is the very same one his estranged teenage son has signed up for… Cody must trek deep into Yellowstone, America's greatest wilderness, alone, in pursuit of his son - and the truth. Reviews for Back of Beyond 'Timeless, gripping. Resembles an Agatha Christie whodunnit but with horses, bears, wolves and hunting rifles.' Sunday Times 'A perfect introduction to the novels of C.J. Box.' Booklist 'Perceptive... smooth, muscular writing keeps the tension rising.' Financial Times 'If Box isn't already on your list, put him there.' Toronto Globe and Mail 'One of the most suspenseful wilderness thrillers since Deliverance.' Associated Press 'Terrifically entertaining.' Kirkus
Back of Beyond features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Back of Beyond is available in Paperback
Back of Beyond was written by C. J. Box and published by Head of Zeus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Back of Beyond has 372 pages
Yes it is part of The Cassie Dewell Novels series
£8.99