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Posted May 25th, 2009 by donhajicek
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Kids witness killing in sleepless thriller
MARK BARRINGER
There is an area in North Idaho known by some as Blue Heaven. It is a beautiful, rugged and mountainous area to which many police officers from the Los Angeles area have chosen to retire.
But not all cops are good guys.
Twelve-year-old Annie Taylor is decidedly unhappy when Tom, her mom's latest boyfriend, joins her and her younger brother, William, at the breakfast table, smiling and full of himself. After Tom fails to pick them up from school as promised that Friday, Annie seeks revenge by taking William on an unannounced fishing trip.
As the brother and sister are on the banks of Sand Creek, they witness an execution-style murder in a clearing on the other side of the water. When one of the killers looks up and locks eyes with Annie, the nightmare kicks into overdrive.
C.J. Box has stepped outside the world of Joe Pickett, the star of his highly acclaimed mystery series, to pen a stand-alone thriller that will grab you on page one. I suggest you make sure you have time to finish this one before you need much sleep again.
In this novel, you are rarely sure just whom to trust. Box proves again that he is a master storyteller who can use suspense to deal with such issues as greed, corruption and the clash between the modern world and traditional values.
By the way, I have it on good authority that he's not done with Joe Pickett.
Mark Barringer is a librarian at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County's Main Library.

March 13 & 14
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C.J. Box Author Dinner - March 27, 2010
Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box will be the featured speaker at the Rapid City Public Library Foundation's annual author dinner on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. His novels are bestsellers and have been translated into 22 languages.
The event will feature a talk by Box, book signing, social, dinner, desert auction and music. Tickets are $50 per person or $300 for a reserved table for six. Reserve your tickets by calling 605-394-4171.
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