Breaking Point(Box, C. J.著圖書)

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The thrilling new Joe Pickett novel from the New York Times–bestselling author.It was always good to see Lyle Pendergast, Joe thought—a hard-working, upright local business owner whose daughter was friends with his own. Little did he know that when hetalked to Lyle that day, the man was about to disappear. He was heading into the mountains to hunt, he said, but instead he...(展開全部) The thrilling new Joe Pickett novel from the New York Times–bestselling author.It was always good to see Lyle Pendergast, Joe thought—a hard-working, upright local business owner whose daughter was friends with his own. Little did he know that when hetalked to Lyle that day, the man was about to disappear. He was heading into the mountains to hunt, he said, but instead he was running. Two EPA employees had just been murdered, and all signs pointed to him as the killer. As the manhunt organized itself, Joe heard more of the story—about the tract of land Lyle and his wife had bought to build their retirement home on, until the EPA declared it a wetland. About the penalties they charged him when he balked, new ones piling up every day, until the family was torn apart by debt . . . and finally, it seems, the man just cracked. It was an awful story. But was it the whole story? The more Joe looks into it, the more he begins to wonder—and the more he finds himself in the middle of a war he never expected and never wanted. Powerful forces want Lyle not just caught, but dead . . . and the same goes for anyone who stands in their way. C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. The ...(展開全部) C. J. Box

Breaking Point(Box, C. J.著圖書)

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