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

About the Book

The Edgar Award-winning author of "Blue Heaven" delivers a breathtaking new thriller about a man who will do just about anything to protect his wife and adopted daughter. Martin's Press.

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box's novels have been called "red hot" (Booklist) and "edge-of-your-seat read[s]" (Omaha World-Herald). Now he delivers a novel that will steal your sleep as much as it will wrench your heart. Three Weeks to Say Goodbye is 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.

From the Back Cover

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

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...

"Well-developed suspense...a vigilante revenge story."--People

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.
"Heart-shredding...When the suspense lets up enough to allow emotion to sneak in, Box gets it just right." --Dallas Morning News

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...

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 the bestselling, Edgar Award-winning Blue Heaven, as well as several Joe Pickett novels. His work has won him the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Gumshoe awards, as well as the French Prix Calibre .38. He has also been an Edgar Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. Open Season was a 2001 New York Times Notable Book. He lives outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming, with his family.