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Joe Pickett´s foster daughter is discovered in a ditch, barely alive. Joe knows who´s responsible but there´s no proof and his investigation will bring him face-to-face with some truly terrifying opposition.

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Blood is thicker than water.

Joe Pickett has good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, rodeo champion. And now Joe´s foster daughter, April, has run off with him.

Then comes even worse news: April has been found barely alive in a ditch along the highway, and the doctors don´t know if she´ll recover. Cates denies having anything to do with it but Joe knows in his gut who´s responsible. The problem is there´s no proof.

Joe´s going to find out the truth, if it kills him. And, as he confronts the ruthless Cates clan, it just might.

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´I love Joe Pickett´ Michael Connelly.

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Box, C.J.
C.J. Box is the author of nineteen Joe Pickett novels, five stand-alone novels, and a story collection. He has won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, Gumshoe, and Barry Awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38, and has been a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. A Wyoming native, Box has also worked on a ranch and as a small-town newspaper reporter and editor. He lives outside Cheyenne with his family. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. cjbox.net @cjboxauthor

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