Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 1/30/2017 + 1187 more book reviews

Another fast-paced thrill ride from Box. Box is one of my favorite crime writers. I have read all of his Joe Pickett series and consider it one of the best in the genre. This book features Cody Hoyt, who is somewhat the opposite of Pickett. While Pickett is a straight shooter who plays by the rules and goes by the book, Hoyt is a hard-drinking police officer in Montana who uses any means at his disposal to get justice. This is the second book to feature Hoyt, the first was Three Weeks to Say Goodbye and the third is The Highway. I've read and enjoyed both of these and look forward to more by Box.

Back of Beyond has Hoyt on the trail of the murderer of his friend and AA sponsor, Hank Winters. Winters was found burned to death in his cabin in what looked like an accident or suicide but Hoyt thinks otherwise. His unorthodox investigation leads him to suspect the killer is on wilderness horse-back trip in a remote area of Yellowstone National Park. And then it turns out that Cody's son, Justin is also on the wilderness outing. But why was Winters killed and why is the killer on this remote outing. The reasons are methodically pieced together in this great outing from Box. As usual, I would highly recommend this one as well as anything else written by Box.

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