Wow! Box has written a stand alone book, this is not a Joe Pickett book. So well written it just pulls you right into the story and is very hard to put down for any reason so you just keep reading and reading.

Love a well written book!!!

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At first I was disappointed that this was not another "Joe Pickett" book! However, this author never disappointed me before so I trekked on! Met a detective named Cody Hoyt and was not sure I was going to like him, but he started to grow on me.

This is the story of two sisters (and other girls before them) going missing near a truck stop along a Minnesota Highway. The anticipation of what the bad guys were going to do next had my heart racing in panic before anything happened! I was almost afraid to turn the next page!! And then.....whoa!!!! something I didn't see coming.................."SHOCKER!!

It had me reading through the night!! If you like a thriller, then this is for you!!!

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Not for the faint of heart. Contained characters, none of which I enjoyed getting to know, including, unfortunately, Cody Hoyt. Torture (or planned torture) scenes of a sexual nature were particularly disturbing, and I found the topic overwhelmed any appeal of the plot. Also, Box included derogatory political references (I'll let you read it to find out what side of the aisle he comes down on) that were extraneous to the story, but undoubtedly gave him satisfaction to put into print. I would compare this novel to those under Patterson's name, but not written by Patterson. I kind of wondered who Box gave this to in order to write it--so far afield from the beloved Joe Pickett series. A disappointment.

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Two teen girls are driving across the country when their car breaks down in an isolated area of Montana. As they try to call their friend Justin for help, they are taken by a truck driver who ties them up and throws them into the back of his eighteen-wheeler. Justin tells his father, Cody Hoyt, that he lost contact with the girls and is worried about them. Cody, who just lost his job as a police investigator, decides to search for the girls in a remote area of Yellowstone National Park where they were last seen. Cody's former partner, Rookie Cassie Dewell, wants to help with the investigation. She quickly learns that Gracie and Danielle are not the only young women to disappear in this area.

Last year I read Back of Beyond which introduced Cody Hoyt, an alcoholic police investigator whose wife and son left him because of his drinking. In this book, Cody has sobered up and his family is back together, but how long will that last? He is a good investigator, but still has self-destructive tendencies that get him in trouble.

This book was very dark. The truck driver who calls himself "The Lizard King" and his accomplice are pure evil. Many people may not like reading the description of what these men are doing to the girls. There is no real mystery in this story since we know from the beginning who the villain is. But there is a huge twist in the middle of the book. I'm still surprised at what happened. My rating: 4 Stars.

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Not for the faint of heart. Contained characters, none of which I enjoyed getting to know, including, unfortunately, Cody Hoyt. Torture (or planned torture) scenes of a sexual nature were particularly disturbing, and I found the topic overwhelmed any appeal of the plot. Also, Box included derogatory political references (I'll let you read it to find out what side of the aisle he comes down on) that were extraneous to the story, but undoubtedly gave him satisfaction to put into print. I would compare this novel to those under Patterson's name, but not written by Patterson. I kind of wondered who Box gave this to in order to write it--so far afield from the beloved Joe Pickett series. A disappointment.

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