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Jul 12, Rex Fuller rated it really liked it. Cody Hoyt is everything Joe Pickett Box's primary series character is not. And one or two things that Joe Pickett is. Dedicated law enforcement officer. He's also maybe a little smarter. Not that that keeps him out of trouble.

Lands him there quicker in fact. You do like Hoyt, even if you're not entirely sure why. But you don't admire him, like Pickett. The main strength of this book is the complex i Cody Hoyt is everything Joe Pickett Box's primary series character is not. The main strength of this book is the complex interpersonal relationships Box manages to squeeze into a fast-paced thriller with a high body count. View all 3 comments. Sep 03, Mike French rated it really liked it. I have read all of C. Box's Joe Pickett series and have liked them all.

This book features a new character- Cody Hoyt. For the first couple of chapters I wasn't likening Cody as much as Joe. It then took off like a rocket! I can't wait for the next one in the series! This book confirms that C. Box is one of my favorite authors. Aug 06, Brenda rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Cody Hoyt seemed to have a death wish! He was a cop who was great at his job, but was an alcoholic, recently divorced, with a son, Justin, who was the best thing that had ever happened to him.

His ex-wife Jenny, was a wonderful person, and he still loved her dearly, but his life had spiralled out of control…his young life was against him, with a drunk for a father, mother and uncle! But Cody knew better…Hank had too much to live for, and he would prove it! When Cody found himself suspended, without his badge and gun, he decided to go undercover and continue his search. And when clues pointed to Justin being in danger, there was no stopping him. When Yellowstone National Park beckoned, Cody headed that way…a wild adventure trip for a group of raw tourists heading up into the wilderness of the Park, and to his horror, Justin was amongst the group!

Could Cody catch up with the them before the killer struck again? And how was it that someone dangerous was aware of where he was at all times, when only one person knew…a person he trusted? An extremely suspense-filled thriller with loads of action. Cody Hoyt, the main character and recovering alcoholic police detective, is divorced with a son and early on finds his AA sponsor is dead. He thinks there's something more to his death and of course this begins the book.

He begins investigating and I started to wonder how a whole book was going to be based on trying to find out what had happened to his sponsor and then a whole new storyline opens up with some great characters who are taking a pack trip through Yellowstone. Ok, national park, and I'm in. Lots of intricacies in the story and characters that made me want to get back to sitting around the fire in Yellowstone and hop on a horse with them, although as it turns out, I'm glad I was reading this one and not on this particular trip.

Jan 24, Melki rated it liked it Shelves: A group of tourists makes its way on horseback into the most remote parts of Yellowstone National Park. Each person has an agenda and one of them is a killer. This book follows the usual C. Box formula of long, slow buildup, followed by 50 to 75 pages of unrelenting, page turning suspense, violence, and mayhem. Though a good adventure, this one requires an extra large serving of "suspension of disbelief".

Just sit back and enjoy it. Don't think about it too much, or you'll find yourself saying, A group of tourists makes its way on horseback into the most remote parts of Yellowstone National Park.

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Don't think about it too much, or you'll find yourself saying, "Yeah, right! Jun 11, David Highton rated it really liked it.

Cody Hoyt is an entirely different character to Joe Pickett, alcoholic and not one for playing by the rules. A story which begins with the suspicious death of his AA sponsor explodes into a chase through Yellowstone Park with Cody's son in danger. The usual high standard from CJ Box. The story makes you want to read page after page. Dec 07, David Peters rated it liked it.

I have been working through C. Now here is the odd thing about this book. It is a good solid read and very enjoyable. Unfortunately the lead character was just to stereotyped and the plot a little to contrived. You have a divorced alcoholic cop who gets in his own way when trying to connect with those that love him; like his son, ex-wife, and coworkers.

He is a tenacious and skilled investigator but is a little to willing to go outside the rules to get things done. As to the plot you have got a plane full of drug money crashed out in the wilds of Yellowstone Park. But hey, coincidences happen all the time. Then you have another set of bad guys who are also acquainted with our hero who are also willing to kill for the prize.

So the coincidences keep building from there, almost as much as the bodies do; and there are a lot of bodies in this book. It all builds to a Gunfight in the O.

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Coral scenario that plays out like a Hollywood movie ending. At the end of the book all lose ends have been resolved completely, the bad guys are gone and the hero is back on track. Therein lies the problem, Box went with an extremely messy hero but wrote an extremely clean conclusion. Those two just do not match. Even after all that I like the book. It was well paced and the dialogue was genuine.

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I guess what I am saying is that while I enjoy complex and developed meals i. Read this book to get a taste of what C. Box is capable of, and then go back and read his backlist to savor the delights they contain I am pleased I did. In this, the first of the series, we meet Cody Hoyt, a pig-headed disgraced cop, divorcee, alcoholic; a man who has few friends and who is disliked by many. Cody has fallen off the wagon when the body of his AA sponsor and one of his only friends, Hank Winters, is found in his burnt out cabin.

Cody refuses to believe that Hank would have fallen off the wagon and into an alcoholic stupor while his cabin burned around him. He is sure Hank has been murdered and is determined to track down the killer. Using the meagre clues he finds, he sets off to follow the killer on a 'wilderness adventure' in Yellowstone Park, the same adventure his son is on, accompanied by the man who is hoping to become Justin's stepfather. But someone seems to be aware of Cody's every move and is doing everything possible to prevent Cody from reaching his target.

This is a suspenseful read with many twists and turns. Box's writing is descriptive I feel as though I have been on a horse trek in Yellowstone , yet almost brusque. Like most back woodsmen, he doesn't like to waste words. It was the icing on the cake. Will I be reading more of C. View all 4 comments. Mar 16, Cheryl rated it liked it. Back to the beginning. That is where I wanted to go. Back to see how Cody Hoyt got his beginning as I have enjoyed Mr.

Box's latest books featuring Hoyt. Hoyt is rough around the edges but I liked that about him. He moved to his own beat, while stumbling along the way; showed that he was human. Although, I found that this book to lack the intensity that I have gotten familiar with from Mr. Yeah, the characters were great and the storyline good but at times it felt like the story slowed from Back to the beginning. Yeah, the characters were great and the storyline good but at times it felt like the story slowed from a lack of action and more talking.

Not as strong a showing as the later books. Yet, I am still a fan of Mr. Cody Hoyt is a cop--a homicide detective and a good one. Like quite a few cops at least the fictional ones he has a drinking problem, but is trying to keep it under control. His life spins out of control, however, when his good friend and AA sponsor is found dead in his cabin. At first it looks like an alcohol related accident, but Cody is convinced that it wasn't.

Soon his hunch is backed up by some forensic results, and Cody is on the case like a dog on a bone, determined to find his friend' Cody Hoyt is a cop--a homicide detective and a good one. Soon his hunch is backed up by some forensic results, and Cody is on the case like a dog on a bone, determined to find his friend's killer. This is a C. Box story so naturally things don't stay in a town or city.

Clues lead Cody to suspect that there is a connection to a group on a horseback trip into a wilderness area, and action soon shifts to Yellowstone national park. Along the way things get very dark and very dangerous. Things and people aren't what they seem and somebody seems to be anticipating Cody's moves. There are some twists and surprises and a good exciting finish. We have stampeding horses, dangerous wildlife, and even more dangerous people.

By the end of the book the body count is pretty high. Good book with some interesting characters. I am getting quite fond of C.

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Box is one of my favorite modern western fiction authors, maybe even tied with my favorite, Craig Johnson. I have read all the books in his Joe Pickett series except for his latest "Vicious Circle" expected to be published in They have all been good. It had been awhile since I had read a C. Box book and was experiencing withdrawal. My library has "Back of Beyond" in audio-book download but has been been on my wait hold list for several months.

It finally came available. Cody Hoyt is the paradoxical opposite of Joe Pickett. As another reviewer said "Alcoholic. I really hope the other book "The Highway" won't be the last time we see Cody Hoyt.. May 31, Stephanie Jenkins Ortiz Cerrillo rated it it was amazing. This is my second C. He's an alcoholic that is only two months into sobriety when his AA sponsor and friend is found in his burned out cabin in what Cody's colleagues are certain is an accidental death or suicide. Cody insists it's not a suicide or accident and won't rest u This is my second C.

Cody insists it's not a suicide or accident and won't rest until he finds his friends killer. This book has so many twists, turns and surprises that you'll have a hard time putting it down. In his quest to find the killer he ends up on paid suspension so he has to rely a lot on his partner Larry for the help on the inside. It's not too long before he realizes he doesn't know who he can trust. Clues lead Cody to believe that the killer will be on a horseback wilderness trip in Yellowstone National Park and the clock is ticking for Cody to catch up with the outfitter because his own teenage son is on the trip.

Larry is working on a series of murders that appear to have the same M. How many people will die before the killer is found and who all is involved? My first book form C. Good story, a part of it got a little needlessly complicated, but definitely an author to keep reading. Sep 10, Kevintipple rated it it was ok. Divorced, disgraced, alcoholic, with a reputation of being a cop with great investigative instincts but lots of issues, Cody Hoyt is back home in Montana after everything blew up in Denver.

On one rainy night, while aimlessly driving around as he does many a night, he is sent to a remote fire damaged cabin in the Big Belt Mountains where there just might be a body inside. It has been raining for days and that is the only reason that part of the cabin still stands at all. Once Detective Cody Hoyt finally gets to the cabin and starts poking around, he realizes there is definitely a badly burned body in the cabin.

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The scene appears to be of a man who got drunk, passed out and accidentally burned to death. It could be as it appears and nothing more. The problem is the scene must be staged as far as Cody is concerned because the plane tickets found in the still standing bedroom indicate the badly charred body was that of a man named Hank Winters. Hank was there to save Cody and was doing it just barely. Cody Hoyt knows for sure that without question Hank was not about to break his multiple years of sobriety for anything.

As far as Cody is concerned, this was and is murder without question. A view that others in the department do not share. Unfortunately this stand alone book does not rise anywhere near to the level of those books. This creates a read that has the feel of something either written as a movie of the week type deal or to fill a contractual obligation.

The far weaker secondary storyline of the son and others on a multiday trip by horseback through the wilds of Yellowstone brings the main storyline to a dead halt for a number of chapters. It results in the reader waiting and waiting for the story to once again get going while time is wasted on many forgettable flat characters.

Something that, once started, frequently happens throughout the novel as the reader is pulled back and forth between the main storyline and the secondary storyline to follow various characters. As the secondary and third level characters get picked off one by one, it can become an amusing game to guess which character must die next.

Compared to the quality books in the Joe Pickett series, this novel comes up far short and is a very disappointing read. Box gets back to the Joe Pickett series without further time wasting stand alone detours. Jun 20, Simon McDonald rated it it was amazing. Box takes those stereotypes and justifies them, and thusly cements himself within the highest echelon of popular fiction authors writing today.

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To make matters more complicated for Hoyt, his son and future step-father are on the trip. The plot is intricate and as the cast widens - encompassing a variety of characters including, most prominently, fourteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan — Box skilfully postulates over the identity of the killer, weaving mystery throughout his pose, riveting readers to their seats.

The pacing is brilliant, and builds to a perfect crescendo. Crime fiction is littered with novels that seek the punch line before it has been earned. Every revelation is earned and every moment of violence punctuates powerfully because of this. Box is a master storyteller, and as the years roll on the quality only improves. Oct 07, Book Him Danno rated it really liked it. Box is capable of, and then go back and read his backlist to savor the delights they contain. Apr 07, JoAnn rated it it was amazing Shelves: Slight edit So I bought the 2nd installment of this series along time ago and never read it because, well I didn't realize it was a 2nd and I wanted to make sure I read the first.

Hence my interest in it now. OMG he is a mess He's brash, and an ass hole and he's completely out of control. Th Slight edit So I bought the 2nd installment of this series along time ago and never read it because, well I didn't realize it was a 2nd and I wanted to make sure I read the first. Richard Johnson shows up to help her An American satellite with a new biological weapon gets out of control and crashes onto US territory. A slimy monster emerges and manages to escape, killing everyone who crosses his path.

An archaeologist opens an Egyptian tomb and accidentally releases an evil spirit. His young daughter becomes possessed by the freed entity and, upon arrival back in New York, the gory murders begin. The spirit of a comatose teenage girl possesses the body of a newcomer to her girls boarding school to enact bloody revenge against the elitist, lingerie-clad coeds responsible for her condition. A woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday.

A doctor investigates the murders of several women at a lakeside resort. His investigation leads him to believe that a vampire is responsible for the murders. He sets out to track the vampire down. An orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who's hell-bent on keeping him with her A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house. A teenager who accidentally committed matricide finds himself being hunted together with his girlfriend and mates by his now crazed father.

Fear chokes the free-wheeling underbelly of San Francisco's punk scene as a killer stalks the night to feed an unspeakable appetite. Community suspicion focuses on Disease, a band that is When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themeselves. A shy co-ed and her classmates travel to Europe to see a ritual. One co-ed is a virgin, the main key to bring Satan back to life.

But can the co-ed lose her virginity before Satan controls the world? What starts off as an optimistically ominous Italian supernatural occult feature eventually falls into cheesy and senseless absurdness, but even so it manages to stay reasonably diverting. The premise's opening build up is atmospheric, spooky and alienating, but when the staged action hit's the train it becomes ludicrously brainless. Forget about making any sense of it yep it's strange and baffling , and just go along for the unpredictable, but farcical train ride of 'doom'.

Director Jeff Kwitny uses the creepy, louring, out-cast East European environment to great effect, and ups the tatty, macabre gore effects when it counted. He plasters it with cheap shocks, but the outrageously graphic deaths are amusingly inventive and impulsive. There are some memorable ones too. An inane script and wishy-washy story is made up of frantic ideas, and novelties that never really seem to come together, but at least it stays in character by keeping the story moving like a speeding train. Some sequences involving the run-away train that's ritually controlled by Satanists are balefully destructive, but other times you get a good laugh when the miniature train model comes into play.

Adolfo Bartou's sweepingly agile and large scale cinematography is very well-implemented, and at times looked to good for such a production. Telegraphing nearly everything is the pounding, dread-induced music score of generically leering and terrible cues. The performances are pretty wretched, but Bo Svenson's little screen time makes an impression.

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