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C.J. Box has departed from his Joe Pickett series to write this stand alone novel set in Idaho.  Idaho is no longer the home to every militia group in the country.  If this book is to be believed, it is home to everyone who wants to get away from Los Angelos and can afford to do so.   

Annie, 12 and William, 10 have a early release from school one Friday and decide to go fishing.  Annie is angry at her mom and has decided she has a perfect right to hitch a ride with the mail carrier and take off through the woods to the river for a little fishing.   Instead of fishing, the children witness a murder and they go on the run hoping to keep ahead of the killers.   Retired L.A. police, living in the area,  offer to help find the children when they don’t return home.  Their worried mother, an inept sheriff and an old rancher all figure into what happens over a long weekend.  I’ve never read the Joe Pickett series so I can’t compare this book to them, but I really enjoyed this book.  It had goods guys and bad guys, an interesting plot line, a fast pace and a lot of suspense.

Karen - Fort Mill                              ISBN 9780312365707