Back of Beyond

C.j. Box

ISBN 10: 0312365748 / ISBN 13: 9780312365745

Published by Minotaur Books, New York, 2011

About this Item

This first edition hardcover of Back of Beyond is in fair condition, reflecting its history as an ex-library copy. The book lacks a dust jacket and shows signs of library use, including a library sticker on the spine. The binding remains intact, though the cover shows wear consistent with handling. Interior pages are clean and legible, making it a suitable addition for collectors interested in library editions.

Seller Inventory # A10-B2-RSA-0098

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Back of Beyond
• Publisher: Minotaur Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312365748
• ISBN 13: 9780312365745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket present

About this title

Synopsis

EdgarŽ 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.

Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor 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. Sober for fourteen years, Hank took pride in his hard-won sobriety and never hesitated to drop whatever he was doing to talk Cody off a ledge. When Cody takes a closer look at the scene of his friend's death, it becomes apparent that foul play is at hand. After years of bad behavior with his department, he's in no position to be investigating a homicide, but this man was a friend and Cody's determined to find his killer.

When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi-day wilderness horseback trip into the remote corners of Yellowstone National Park--a pack trip that includes his son Justin--Cody is desperate to get on their trail and stop the killer before the group heads into the wild. Among the tourists is fourteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan, an awkward but intelligent loner who begins to suspect that someone in their party is dangerous.

In a fatal cat and mouse game, where it becomes apparent the murderer is somehow aware of Cody's every move, Cody treks into the wilderness to stop a killer hell bent on ruining the only thing in his life he cares about.

Back of Beyond is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Mysteries title.

About the Author

C.J. BOX is the bestselling author of Three Weeks to Say Goodbye, and ten novels including the award-winning Joe Pickett series. Blue Heaven won the EdgarŽ Award for Best Novel in 2009, and he's won the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, and the Barry Award. His first novel, Open Season, was a New York Times Notable Book and an EdgarŽ Award and L.A. Times Book Prize finalist. The novels have been translated into 25 languages. Box lives in Wyoming.