Synopsis A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder--four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children's fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. William and Annie's unexpected savior comes in the form of an old-school rancher teetering on the brink of foreclosure.--From publisher description.
With sensitivity perhaps unexpected from an author known for his understated game-warden hero from Wyoming (Joe Pickett), C.J. Box tells the story of a sister and brother on the run from some vicious, scheming ex-cop murderers. Their mother's anxiety, as well as the children's fears, brings an emotional immediacy to this thriller, which won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2008-01-08 |
| Size | | Length: | 352 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Publisher's Note Fleeing the killers whom they witnessed committing murder, twelve-year-old Annie and her younger brother William escape into the woods of northern Idaho, not knowing whom they can trust and pursued by the murderers and a group of dirty cops seeking to prevent the youngsters from revealing what they know. By the award-winning author of the Joe Pickett mysteries. 100,000 first printing.
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