Three Weeks to Say Goodbye: A Novel - Softcover

Box, C.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031236573X ISBN 13: 9780312365738

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2009

Synopsis

New 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 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...

C.J. Box has once again written a bone-chilling thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

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From the Back Cover

"Compelling and convincing."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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...

"Well-developed suspense...a vigilante revenge story."―People

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.
"Heart-shredding...When the suspense lets up enough to allow emotion to sneak in, Box gets it just right." ―Dallas Morning News

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...

About the Author

C.J. Box is the author of the bestselling, Edgar Award–winning Blue Heaven, as well as several Joe Pickett novels. His work has won him the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Gumshoe awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38. He has also been an Edgar Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. Open Season was a 2001 New York Times Notable Book. He lives outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with his family.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 031236573X
• ISBN 13: 9780312365738
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352