The Highway

Description

It was Danielle and Gracie's secret. A 1000 mile drive to visit Danielle's boyfriend in Montana. But now the girls have simply vanished and Cassie Dewell's investigation will lead her to the FBI's Highway Serial Killer Task Force, a spate of roadside sexual mutilations and murders and the lair of a predator who styles himself The Lizard King. Investigator Cassie Dewell is on the trail of a serial killer in the book that inspired the series Big Sky.There's a killer on the road... Helena county has been shaken by the disappearance of two teenage girls. Sisters Danielle and Gracie vanished on a secret cross-country trip to see Danielle's boyfriend, Justin. When rookie cop Cassie Dewell catches her mentor and friend, Investigator Cody Hoyt, planting evidence, he is suspended from the force, his reputation in tatters. He's already drowning his sorrows when his son, Justin, calls. His girlfriend and her sister have disappeared. Unable to investigate himself, Cody turns to his protegee for her help finding the girls. Soon they discover that Danielle and Gracie aren't the first to disappear in the area. When Cody, too, goes missing, it's up to Cassie to find them. Before it's too late.

C.J. Box is the winner of the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and is an Edgar Award and L.A. Times Book Prize finalist. He lives in Wyoming.

'Solid-gold A-list must-read' -- Lee Child 'Heart-stoppingly good' * Daily Mail * 'A non-stop, action-filled race against time. Rolling down the superhighway of suspense, this thriller will leave readers breathless' * Library Journal (starred review) * 'Gripping from start to finish' * NewBooks *