BLUE HEAVEN, BY C.J. BOX, ALLEN & UNWIN, $22.99.
If you like Clint Eastwood movies, you will love Blue Heaven. It’s a story that’s just waiting to star and be directed by the movie icon.
Twelve-year-old Annie and her brother, William, sick of their mother’s boyfriend, take off to go fishing in the woods. There, they witness a murder and have to run for their lives. Their pursuers show they’ll stoop to anything to find and kill the kids. So who will believe two children? Who will save them? Enter Jess Rawlins, a rancher, who’s fighting off developers and yearning for the old way of life. See what I mean about Clint? You’ll find yourself reading increasingly faster, until you realise the end is near and you force yourself to savour the precious remaining pages.
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