Description

In a remote Montana boomtown transformed by oil development, newly appointed deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell confronts a community strained by rapid growth, transient workers, and deep-rooted suspicion. When a troubling crime exposes darker forces beneath the region’s promise of prosperity, Cassie must navigate a dangerous investigation while earning the trust of people who have little faith in outsiders or the law. Set against stark badlands and sprawling pipeline fields, this gripping thriller explores loyalty, corruption, violence, and the human cost of unchecked ambition. With vivid atmosphere and steadily mounting tension, it delivers a suspenseful portrait of a place caught between its past and an uncertain future.

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paperback

Macmillan

Published Jul 28, 2015

289 pages

ISBN: 9780312583217

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First Published

2015

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Badlands by C.J. Box.

Violence
Murder/Death
Sexual Violence
Substance Use