The C. J. Box Collection: Blue Heaven, Three Weeks to Say Goodbye, Back of Beyond, The Highway

The Highway Quartet #Contains 1 & 2

by C.J. Box

Here together for the first time in a convenient ebook bundle, four thrilling mysteries from Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Blue Heaven A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder. Retired policemen from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the local sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. Now there's nowhere left for William and Annie to hide...and no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins. Rawlins is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses. But in this thrilling mystery novel from C.J. Box, these ex-cops don't know just how far Rawlins will go to protect William and Annie...and see that justice is done. Three Weeks to Say Goodbye 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... Back of Beyond Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns up dead 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. As Cody digs deeper into the case, all roads lead to foul play. After years of bad behavior with his department, Cody in no position to be investigating a homicide. But he will stop at nothing to find out who murdered Hank. And why...The HighwayWhen two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana road to visit their friend, little do they know it will be the last time anyone might ever hear from them again. The girls—and their car—simply vanish. Former police investigator Cody Hoyt has just lost his job and has fallen off the wagon after a long stretch of sobriety. Convinced by his son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, he begins the drive south to the girls' last known location. As Cody makes his way to the lonely stretch of Montana highway where they went missing, Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle Sullivan aren't the first girls who have disappeared in this area. This majestic landscape is the hunting ground for a killer whose viciousness is outmatched only by his intelligence. And he might not be working alone. Time is running out for Gracie and Danielle…Can Cassie overcome her doubts and lack of experience and use her innate skill? Can Cody Hoyt battle his own demons and find this killer before another victim vanishes on the highway?

1393 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 7, 2015

About the author

C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 24 novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, two Barry Awards, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. He was recently awarded the 2016 Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum as well as the Spur Award for Best Contemporary Novel by the Western Writers of America in 2017. The novels have been translated into 27 languages.

Box is a Wyoming native and has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small town newspaper reporter and editor, and he co-owns an international tourism marketing firm with his wife Laurie. They have three daughters. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. He served on the Board of Directors for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. Box lives in Wyoming.

--from the author's website

Series:
* Joe Pickett

http://us.macmillan.com/author/cjbox

Reviews

[Ashley Hedden · Rating 5 out of 5]

The C.J. Box Collection (The Highway Quartet #Contains 1&2) was a great read by C.J. Box. This set consists of; Blue Heaven, Three Weeks to Say Goodbye, Back of Beyond, and The Highway. Blue Heaven was a great read by C.J. Box. A twelve year old girl and her younger brother have to go on the run in the woods of North Idaho. They are being pursued by four men who they just watched commit murder. Unfortunately they know just who William and Annie are, and know just how desperate their mother is to know what happened to them. The killers, retired cops from Los Angeles, easily persuade the sheriff to let them lead the search for the children. An old- school rancher helps the children. But unfortunately he is only one man and Jess Rawlins needs to find allies. But it isn’t easy to find someone to trust. Three Weeks To Say Goodbye was a great read by C.J. Box. Jack and Melissa spent many years trying to have a baby. Their dreams came true when they adopted their daughter Angelina. Unfortunately nine months after bringing her home they found out that her father never actually signed his parental rights away. The teenager now says that he wants her back and his father is a powerful judge that will do anything to make sure it happens. They attempt to meet face to face with the two men and they quickly learn that their motivations aren’t good. Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to keep their daughter. Back of Beyond (The Highway Quartet #1) was another great read by C.J. Box. Cody Hoyt is a brilliant cop that is also an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety. His mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. It looked as though it was a suicide of a someone who fell off the wagon. Cody knows that Hank wouldn’t do that after being sober for fourteen years. Cody looked at the scene and knows that there is foul play at hand. Unfortunately he is in no position to investigate the homicide even though he is determined to find his killer. The clues are linked to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi day wilderness horseback trip in Yellowstone National Park. On that trip is Cody’s son Justin. Cody is desperate to find the killer before the group heads into the wild. Gracie Sullivan is only fourteen years old and suspects someone in the group is dangerous. The Highway (The Highway Quartet #2) was a good read by C.J. Box. Two sisters set across a remote stretch of Montana to visit a friend. They never would've guessed that this may be the last time someone hears from them. It seems as though the girls and their car just vanish. Cody Hoyt is a former police investigator who just lost his job. This led him to falling off the wagon after some long term sobriety. His son and his former rookie partner, Cassie Dewell, convince him to search for the girls. Cassie discovers that Gracie and Danielle aren't the first girls to disappear in the area. It seems that there's a killer on the loose who may just have a mysterious partner. I enjoyed reading this book and can’t wait to read more by the author.