Badlands, C.J. Box
Badlands, C.J. Box
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Badlands
A Cassie Dewell Novel

Bestseller

Author: C.J. Box

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/28/2015

Synopsis

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

About C.J. Box

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.

About January LaVoy

January LaVoy has narrated the Sweet Valley Confidential series for Macmillan Audio, as well as The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck and Dreams of the Dead by Perri O’Shaughnessy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on November 17, 2023

Badlands by C.J. Box brings combines a crime thriller with a police procedural. There’s plenty of suspense and action in the third book in The Highway Quartet series. Sheriff’s office Chief Investigator Cassie Dewell has a new job in Grimstad, North Dakota where an oil boom has jumped the size o......more

Goodreads review by Pam on May 23, 2024

Hot book in a very cold place. It’s set in a town that sounds an awful lot like Williston, N.D. The pace is fast and the characters very good. I’m new to C.J. Box books but think he probably deserves the good ratings he gets. This book is set in North Dakota in the wintertime where it is often -30F.......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on December 20, 2021

Cassie Dewell takes a job as the chief investigator for the sheriff’s department in frigidly cold Grimstad, North Dakota, a formerly small town that struck oil. Now, there are more men than women in town by 10 to 1, and housing can’t be built fast enough to keep up with all the people moving there t......more

Goodreads review by Darla on January 31, 2021

Cassie Dewell gets top marks for her performance as the new lead investigator for Grimstad, North Dakota. There are a bunch of moving parts in this one and although I knew C.J. Box could bring them all together in the end, I still did not love this one as much as 'The Highway.' Although this book is......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 06, 2024

CJ Box delivers a fast paced crime novel set during a freezing cold winter in North Dakota. The characters are fully rounded, especially the wonderful Cassie Dowell, and so well drawn that you can't help rooting for the good guys & hating the bad ones. This is the first CJ Box novel I've read, but it......more

Quotes

“A violent, tension-packed, well-written thriller spiced with Box's vivid portrayal of the Western landscape that he loves…The Highway is the second new thriller this year from the prolific Box, who seems to get better with every book.” —Associated Press on The Highway

“If C.J. Box isn't already on your list, put him there.” —USA Weekend on The Highway

“A roller-coaster ride of unexpected twists and turns...one of the most suspenseful wilderness thrillers since Deliverance.” —Associated Press on Back of Beyond

“Well-developed suspense...A vigilante revenge story.” —People on Three Weeks to Say Goodbye

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