Paradise Valley: A Cassie Dewell Novel -- C. J. Box

<p><i>"Excellent...Box keeps </i>Paradise Valley<i> taut, with twists that are as suspenseful as they are believable." -- </i>The Washington Post <p/><b>Box's fourth novel featuring Cassie Dewell, the inspiration for the hit TV show <i>Big Sky</i> on <i>ABC</i>, comes to trade paperback.</b> <p/><i>She almost caught him once. Now he's back.</i> <p/>For three years, investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as the Lizard King, whose hunting grounds are the highways and truck stops where runaways and prostitutes are most likely to vanish. Cassie almost caught him... once. <p/>Working for the Bakken County, North Dakota, sheriff's department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap, luring him and his truck to a depot. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and the blame falls on Cassie. Disgraced, she loses her job and an inquiry into her role in the debacle is put into motion. <p/>At the same time, Kyle Westergaard, a troubled kid whom Cassie has taken under her wing, has disappeared after telling people that he's going off on a long-planned adventure. Kyle's grandmother begs Cassie to find him and, with nothing else to do, Cassie agrees--all the while hunting the Lizard King. <p/>Now Cassie is a lone wolf. And in the same way that two streams converge into a river, Kyle's disappearance may have a more sinister meaning than anyone realizes. With no allies, no support, and only her own wits to rely on, Cassie must take down a killer who is