Badlands (35 page)
Authors: C. J. Box
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The author would like to sincerely thank Sheriff Scott Busching of Williams County, North Dakota, for his assistance, experience, wisdom, and expertise. Thanks also to Barb Peterson and Fred Walker for their sharp North Dakota insight.
Special thanks to Attorney Becky Reif for her excellent legal assistance.
My invaluable first readers were Laurie Box, Molly Donnell, and Roxanne Woods. Thanks again.
Kudos to Don Hajicek for cjbox.net and Jennifer Fonnesbeck for social media expertise and merchandise sales.
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C. J. BOX
is the bestselling author of
The Highway, Back of Beyond,
and eighteen other novels, including the award-winning Joe Pickett series.
Blue Heaven
won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2009, and Box has won the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, and the Barry Award. His first novel,
Open Season,
was a
New York Times
Notable Book and an Edgar Award and
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize finalist. Box's work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. He lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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C. J. BOX
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
BADLANDS.
Copyright © 2015 by C. J. Box. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Box, C. J.
    Badlands: a novel / C. J. Box.âFirst edition.
        pages; cm
    ISBN 978-0-312-58321-7 (hardcover)
    ISBN 978-1-4668-8150-1 (e-book)
  1. PolicewomenâNorth DakotaâFiction. 2. Drug trafficâNorth DakotaâFiction. 3. City and town lifeâNorth DakotaâFiction. I. Title.
    PS3552.O87658B335 2015
    813
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2015017001
e-ISBN 9781466881501
First Edition: July 2015