Quotes from C.J. Box

This is happening with more frequency," her mother said. The words weren't said in anger, but in a kind of martyred resignation.

Okay . . . Joe quickly figured

her head and her face was in shadow. She'd pushed

Stupid, even.

pronghorns were the second fastest land animal on earth, after cheetahs

Keeley used the opening to bury the knife into Hank Scarlett's heart. It took three tries.

Ducks and geese covered the lake like errant punctuation.

Cassie was in the kitchen with Jenny.

Framed by the pulsing wig-wag lights that painted the stone walls and arched windows of the front of the Gallatin Gateway Inn in vivid reds and blues, Cody Hoyt tossed the duffel he'd saved into the back of his Ford. He had trouble breathing due to the smoke inhalation and he coughed violently and spattered the back windows with globules of black sputum.

454 at home

Hi, Tony." "I thought I'd gotten rid of him for good," Portenson said in a way that didn't reveal if he was joking or not. "But here he is again, like a bad penny.

three kinds of thermal features in the world: geysers, mud pots, and fumaroles (steam vents), and Yellowstone featured them all.

himself that the incident was just a strange coincidence, a random occurrence.

He was working late to plant evidence that, he hoped, would lead to the arrest and conviction of a reprobate named Brantley "B. G." Myers. Planting evidence required stealth, skill, and planning. Cody was up for the job. In fact, it was one of his specialties.

Sade, Jai Wolf, Chet Porter, Nujabes, J Dilla—

picante sauce,

No," Justin said, shaking his head. "They were fine with it. They're not like that. You should know them better than that." "Well, I don't," Cody said. "I met them that one time and we didn't exactly have a get-to-know-you chat. Gracie was all right, but her sister—" "Her sister what?" Justin asked, his voice cracking. "She just seemed kind of, well, unserious." Cody said.

Larry Olson, the only other detective in the five-man Criminal Investigations Division whom Cody thought was worth a damn. Olson was short, solid, and shaved bald; a flesh-colored fire hydrant who entered a room like a quiet exclamation point.

April came from a small mountain town in north-central Wyoming called Saddlestring.

Ethanol uses more energy to produce than it generates, and it deprives the Third World of corn to eat, but the politicians and the agribusiness firms benefit. And

And, if possible, Justin's face turned even whiter than it had before.

conspiracies don't exist in government for long. But a couple of things are timeless, especially in Washington: greed and corruption. Especially

revealing of its origin as a U. S. Army post before the National Park Service came to be. Elk

with the very long-term political class.