Three Weeks to Say Goodbye - by C J Box (Paperback)

About the Book

"Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call... Angelina's birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights--and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, will use every trick in the book to make sure it happens. The McGuanes attempt to meet face-to-face with the father and son...but soon it becomes clear that there's something sinister about their motivations--and that love for Angelina is not one of them. A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where everyone is suspect and no one is safe. Now Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child--even though time is running out..."--

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box delivers a novel about something that could be anyone's worst nightmare...

Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call...

Angelina's birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights--and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, will use every trick in the book to make sure it happens. The McGuanes attempt to meet face-to-face with the father and son...but soon it becomes clear that there's something sinister about their motivations--and that love for Angelina is not one of them.

A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where everyone is suspect and no one is safe. Now Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child--even though time is running out...

C.J. Box has once again written a bone-chilling thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

Review Quotes

"Skilled pacing and well-developed suspense...a vigilante revenge story." --People

"Compelling and convincing." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Gut-wrenching...packs the kind of punch few thrillers, or novels of any kind, ever do." --Providence Journal

"Frightening...Box understands the West and Westerners like no other writer." --Rocky Mountain News

"A terrifying...suspense-filled thriller." --Toronto Globe and Mail

"Impossible to put down." --Bookreporter.com

"Box has built a reputation for writing knife-edge suspense while incorporating solid social issues. And he does so again here...Tight writing, dead-on characterizations, and fierce action come together in the wrenching Three Weeks to Say Goodbye." --Billings Gazette

"Three Weeks to Say Goodbye has all of the same ingredients that made [his other popular novels] hits." --South Jersey News

About the Author

C. J. BOX is the author of more than thirty books, including the Joe Pickett series and the Cassie Dewell series, and a story collection. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. 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's an executive producer of ABC TV's Big Sky, which is based on his Cody Hoyt/Cassie Dewell novels, as well as executive producer of the Joe Pickett television series for Spectrum Originals. He lives with his wife on their ranch in Wyoming.