Robin M. (robinmy) - , reviewed on 1/7/2024 + 2106 more book reviews

Two teen girls are driving across the country when their car breaks down in an isolated area of Montana. As they try to call their friend Justin for help, they are taken by a truck driver who ties them up and throws them into the back of his eighteen-wheeler. Justin tells his father, Cody Hoyt, that he lost contact with the girls and is worried about them. Cody, who just lost his job as a police investigator, decides to search for the girls in a remote area of Yellowstone National Park where they were last seen. Cody's former partner, Rookie Cassie Dewell, wants to help with the investigation. She quickly learns that Gracie and Danielle are not the only young women to disappear in this area.

Last year I read Back of Beyond which introduced Cody Hoyt, an alcoholic police investigator whose wife and son left him because of his drinking. In this book, Cody has sobered up and his family is back together, but how long will that last? He is a good investigator, but still has self-destructive tendencies that get him in trouble.

This book was very dark. The truck driver who calls himself "The Lizard King" and his accomplice are pure evil. Many people may not like reading the description of what these men are doing to the girls. There is no real mystery in this story since we know from the beginning who the villain is. But there is a huge twist in the middle of the book. I'm still surprised at what happened. My rating: 4 Stars.

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