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Title details for Badlands by C.J. Box - Available

Badlands

#3 in series

by C.J. Box
January LaVoy
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In C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it's the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstad's new deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell has ever encountered. . .
Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. Even though Kyle has been written off as a "slow" kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene. Suddenly he's in possession of a lot of money—and packets of white powder—and Kyle can't help but wonder whether his luck has changed...for better or for worse.
"Suspenseful—you can't put it down.''—Library Journal
When the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, it's up to Cassie to help restore law and order. But is she in over her head? As she is propelled on a collision course with a murderous enemy, she finds that the key to it all might come in the most unlikely form: a boy on a bike named Kyle. He keeps showing up where he doesn't belong. And he seems to know something that Cassie does not about what lies beneath the surface of this small and troubled town...
"The unrelenting cold makes this the perfect beach read."—Kirkus Reviews

  • Creators

  • Series

    Cassie Dewell

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  • Awards

  • Release date

    July 28, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781427260932
      • File size: 257912 KB
      • Duration: 08:57:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 18, 2015
      Edgar-winner Box’s superior thriller carries some characters and themes over from his two previous standalones, The Highway and Back of Beyond, as investigator Cassie Dewell relocates to North Dakota’s boomtown oil fields. In the subzero prairie, the little town of Grimstad is bursting with thousands of roughnecks, its infrastructure and law enforcement system are almost overwhelmed, and ruthless drug dealers are flocking to a wide-open new frontier. Cassie arrives just as a series of brutal murders signals a war between drug gangs—although the missing duffle bag the criminals are searching for has accidentally wound up in the hands of a special-needs paperboy, 12-year-old Kyle Westergaard. Kyle just wants a stable home life, but his possession of the bag full of drugs and money sets off more violent deaths. The story’s brisk action is broken into alternating sections as Cassie and Kyle try to figure out what’s going on and what they must do. The vulnerable boy’s plight gives emotional heft to the criminal investigation, balancing cynicism with warm empathy. 250,000 first printing; author tour. Agent: Ann Rittenberg, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      C.J. Box brings back police investigator Cassie Dewell, giving narrator January LaVoy a challenging range of both characters and perspective. A teen victim of fetal alcohol syndrome, a small-time punk, and some deranged Mexican drug dealers are all part of Box's cast of characters in Grimstad, North Dakota. LaVoy carefully balances the mix of strength and fear in Dewell, the teen, emoting the frustration and desperation of an intelligent boy trapped inside a damaged body. LaVoy also chills listeners with the ice-cold hearts of the drug dealers. The production team could have minimized the noticeable breathing in the recording, but, otherwise, LaVoy turns a mediocre plot into a captivating production. J.F. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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