Blue Heaven, C.J. Box
Blue Heaven, C.J. Box
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Blue Heaven
A Novel

Author: C.J. Box

Narrator: Henry Leyva

Unabridged: 19 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2008

Synopsis

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel.

Blue Heaven is the break-out novel from C. J. Box, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series.

A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder—four men who know exactly who William and Annie are. And where their mother lives.

Retired policemen from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the local sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. Now there's nowhere left for William and Annie to hide…and no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins.

Rawlins, an old-school rancher, knows trouble when he sees it. He is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses. But in this thrilling mystery novel from C.J. Box, these ex-cops don't know just how far Rawlins will go to protect William and Annie…and see that justice is done.

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 Henry Leyva

John Bedford Lloyd, a graduate of Yale’s School of Drama, has appeared in a host of major motion pictures, including The Bourne Supremacy, Crossing Delancey, The Abyss, The Manchurian Candidate, and Philadelphia. His television credits include Suits, Pan Am, Law & Order, Spin City, and The West Wing. His critically-acclaimed audiobook narration includes reading for authors such as Michael Crichton, Nicholas Sparks, Paul Doiron, and Atul Gawande, among others.  In reviewing Lloyd’s performance in Better by Atul Gawande, AudioFile magazine declared, “John Bedford Lloyd's deep, rich voice delivers just the mix we look for in doctors--knowledgeable, authoritarian tones mixed with the warm, comforting style that characterizes a great bedside manner.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on September 28, 2023

This was my first foray into the world of C. J. Box. I had been curious about the writing of Box for some time now. Just like many other authors whose works I have not yet read. Don't let the title fool you like it did me. I thought it would fall under the genre of Chic Lit, but after my wife read it......more

Goodreads review by Howard on November 25, 2023

4 Stars for Blue Heaven (audiobook) C. J. Box read by Henry Leyva. In a small Idaho town two young kids witness a murder and now they are on the run. Come to find out some retired police officers from LA have moved to this small town and they have a less than legal retirement fund and what the kids......more

Goodreads review by L on May 01, 2009

Box does great characters. That's all there is to it. Here he give us bad guys, good guys, morally lazy guys, incompetent guys, annoying+ guys & gals . . . essentially all the folks you need to populate a good mystery novel. But it's the kids, Annie & William, and the old-time rancher, Rawlins, who......more

Goodreads review by John (I want my notifications back) on April 06, 2023

I took a detour off my most traveled road by deciding to read a C J Box novel that was not of the Joe Pickett series. All I can say is Wow!!! I found myself at the point of reading this story every chance I had available . With my busy schedule as of late that is really saying something. This novel......more

Quotes

“John Bedford Lloyd's rich, distinctive voice brings a strong sense of power to his reading of Box's first stand-alone thriller…Lloyd's crisp, laconic delivery easily handles a multitude of characters, accents and shifting points of view, creating just the right tone for the material and drawing the listener deep into the action of the story. He portrays his villains (a band of dirty ex-cops) with just the right amount of ruthless menace without going overboard, and he perfectly captures the essence of the aging rancher, imbuing him with the quiet strength and dignity of an iconic western hero.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Blue Heaven is a non-stop thrill ride--a provocative suspense novel that has you rooting for the characters every step of the way.” —Harlan Coben, author of The Woods

“Blue Heaven is a relentless thriller. C.J. Box sucked me in with good cops, bad cops, and missing money, then blind-sided me with unexpected twists and surprises in this novel of clashing cultures and dark secrets. Box delivers the goods!” —Robert Crais, author of The Watchman: A Joe Pike Novel

“Blue Heaven is one of the best thrillers of the year, and it kept me up most of the night, the way few books have ever done. C.J. Box owes me a night's sleep!” —Tess Gerritsen, author of The Mephisto Club

Awards

  • Booklist Editors' Choice
  • Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards: Best in Category
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner
  • Audie Award Finalist
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