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  • Back of Beyond

  • A Cody Hoyt Novel
  • By: C. J. Box
  • Narrated by: Holter Graham
  • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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Back of Beyond

By: C. J. Box
Narrated by: Holter Graham
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Summary

The Edgar® Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box delivers a thriller in Back of Beyond about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone.

Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death 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. Sober for fourteen years, Hank took pride in his hard-won sobriety and never hesitated to drop whatever he was doing to talk Cody off a ledge. When Cody takes a closer look at the scene of his friend's death, it becomes apparent that foul play is at hand. After years of bad behavior with his department, he's in no position to be investigating a homicide, but this man was a friend and Cody's determined to find his killer.

When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi-day wilderness horseback trip into the remote corners of Yellowstone National Park—a pack trip that includes his son Justin—Cody is desperate to get on their trail and stop the killer before the group heads into the wild. Among the tourists is fourteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan, an awkward but intelligent loner who begins to suspect that someone in their party is dangerous.

In a fatal cat-and-mouse game, where it becomes apparent the murderer is somehow aware of Cody's every move, Cody treks into the wilderness to stop a killer hell bent on ruining the only thing in his life he cares about.

C. J. Box's Back of Beyond is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Mysteries title.

©2011 C.J. Box (P)2011 Macmillan Audio
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Critic reviews

“Box, a best-selling mystery writer and Wyoming native, crafts a taut tale, but it’s his details about the untamed flora and fauna—two-legged as well as four—that inhabit the wildness out West that hooks you.” (USA Today)

“Narrator Holter Graham’s renditions of the book’s characters are effective and distinct—and his portrayal of Bull Mitchell, the gruff but lovable retired trail guide, is particularly memorable…Graham’s crisp and steady narration makes for a fun ride.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Holter Graham’s crisp, clean narration reliably differentiates Cody’s cigarette-stained gruffness from the raised Canadian accents of the upper Midwest locals and admirably captures the regionalisms of other characters.” (Library Journal, starred review)

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Completely immersed

I loved this book. I found the story telling catapulted me into the scene and the suspense was perfect.
The characters were well rounded and likeable. I felt completely engrossed and would happily have listened for another 2 hours if the story was longer!

I really enjoyed the narrator, great performance.

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Brilliant

Loved this book - loved the plot and characters. Will now read more by books by this author

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Well up to the standard that we have come to expect from the author

An excellent story set in an area which I know slightly and love. The plot kept the readers attention throughout, was never predictable or improbable.

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Utterly brilliant !

I love the Joe Pickett stories. This book is so different. Yes, Yellowstone and the wonderful descriptions of the area, but Cody Hoyt shakes it all up !
The excellent narration is the icing on the cake !
I couldn’t stop listening !

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Western Adventures.

Great nature, you it feels like you're riding a horse through Yellowstone. The kids I have problems with. not his best book. kind of cliche

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