Back of Beyond is the first book in the thrilling Highway Quartet
series from the New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box.
One of the most suspenseful wilderness thrillers since Deliverance.
--Associated Press
Cody Hoyt, although a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two
months of sobriety when his friend Hank Winters turns up dead in a
remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who's
fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. As Cody digs
deeper into the case, all roads lead to foul play. After years of bad
behavior with his department, Cody is in no position to be investigating
a homicide. But he will stop at nothing to find out who murdered Hank.
And why...
When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading
tourists on a multiday wilderness horseback trip in Yellowstone National
Park, Cody is desperate to get on the trail and stop the killer in his
tracks. There's only one catch: his own son, Justin, is among the
tourists. Now, in one of the most remote places on earth, Cody must
enter a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a ruthless enemy who seems to
know his every move...and is hell-bent on destroying the only important
thing in Cody's life he has left.