Three Weeks to Say Goodbye: A Novel by C.J. Box (English) Mass Market Paperback

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The Edgar Award-winning author of "Blue Heaven" delivers a breathtaking new thriller about a man who will do just about anything to protect his wife and adopted daughter. Martin's Press.

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Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call...Angelina's birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights--and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, will use every trick in the book to make sure it happens. The McGuanes attempt to meet face-to-face with the father and son...but soon it becomes clear that there's something sinister about their motivations--and that love for Angelina is not one of them.A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where everyone is suspect and no one is safe. Now Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child--even though time is running out...

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"Compelling and convincing." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Jack and Melissa McGuane have spent years trying to have a baby. Finally their dream has come true with the adoption of their daughter, Angelina. But nine months after bringing her home, they receive a devastating phone call... "Well-developed suspense...a vigilante revenge story."-- People Angelina's birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights--and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, will use every trick in the book to make sure it happens. The McGuanes attempt to meet face-to-face with the father and son...but soon it becomes clear that there's something sinister about their motivations--and that love for Angelina is not one of them. "Heart-shredding...When the suspense lets up enough to allow emotion to sneak in, Box gets it just right." -- Dallas Morning News A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where everyone is suspect and no one is safe. Now Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child--even though time is running out...

Author Biography

C. J. Box's stunning debut, Open Season, was a New York Times Notable Book and won the prestigious Anthony Award, as well as nominations for the Edgar Award and the L.A. Times Book Award. His second novel, Savage Run, scored high praise from the New York Times Book Review, People, and USA Today. He is also the president and CEO of Rocky Mountain International Corporation.

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Three Weeks to Say Goodbye has all of the same ingredients that made [his other popular novels] hits.

Excerpt from Book

THREE WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE (Chapter 1) IT WAS SATURDAY MORNING, November 3, and the first thing I noticed when I entered my office was that my telephone message light was blinking. Since I''d left the building late the night before, it meant someone had called my extension during the night. Odd. My name is Jack McGuane. I was thirty-four years old at the time. Melissa, my wife, was the same age. I assume you''ve heard my name, or seen my image on the news, although with everything going on in the world I can understand if you missed me the first time. Our story, in the big scheme of things, is a drop in the river. I was a Travel Development Specialist for the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city agency charged with bidding on and hosting conventions and encouraging tourism to Denver. Every city has one. I worked hard, often staying late and, if necessary, coming in on a Saturday. It''s important to me that I work hard, even in a bureaucratic environment where it''s not necessarily encouraged or rewarded. You see, I''m not the smartest guy in the world, or the best educated. My background doesn''t suit me for the job. But my ace in the hole is that I work harder than anyone around me, even when I don''t have to. I am the bane of an office filled with bureaucrats, and I''m proud of it. It''s the only thing I''ve got. Before doing anything, though, I punched the button to retrieve my voice mail. "Jack, this is Julie Perala. At the agency..." I stared at the speaker. Her voice was tight, cautious, not the confident and compassionate Julie Perala from the adoption agency Melissa and I had spent hours with while we went through the long process of adopting Angelina, our nine-month-old. My first thought was that we somehow owed them more money. "Jack, I hate to call you at work on a Friday. I hope you get this and can call me back right away. I need to talk with you immediately--before Sunday, if possible." She left the agency number and her cell-phone number, and I wrote them down. Then: "Jack, I''m so sorry." After a few beats of silence, as if she wanted to say more but wouldn''t or couldn''t, she hung up. I sat back in my chair, then listened to the message again and checked the time stamp. It had arrived at 8:45 Friday evening. I tried the agency number first, not surprised that it went straight to voice mail. Then I called her cell. "Yes?" "Julie, this is Jack McGuane." "Oh." "You said to call immediately. You''ve got me scared here with your message. What''s going on?" "You don''t know?" "How would I know? Know what?" There was anger and panic in her voice. "Martin Dearborn hasn''t called you? He''s your attorney, isn''t he? Our lawyers were supposed to call him. Oh dear." My heart sped up, and the receiver became slick in my hand. "Julie, I don''t know anything. Dearborn never called. Please, what is this about?" "God, I hate to be the one to tell you." "Tell me what?" A beat. "The biological father wants Angelina back." I made her repeat it in case I hadn''t heard correctly. She did. "So what if he wants her back," I said. "We adopted her. She''s our daughter now. Who cares what he wants?" "You don''t understand--it''s complicated." I pictured Melissa and Angelina at home having a lazy Saturday morning. "Of course we''ll work this out," I said. "This is all some kind of big misunderstanding. It''ll all be fine." Despite my words, my mouth tasted like metal. Said Julie, "The birth father never signed away parental custody, Jack. The mother did, but the father didn''t. It''s a terrible situation. Your lawyer should have explained all of this to you. I don''t want to be the one going over legalities because I''m not qualified. As I said, it''s complicated..." "This cannot be happening," I said. "I''m so sorry." "It doesn''t make sense," I said. "She''s been with us nine months. The birth mother selected us." "I know. I was there." "Tell me how to make this go away," I said, sitting up in my chair, leaning over the desk. "Do we pay off the kid, or what?" Julie was silent for a long time. "Julie, are you there?" "I''m here." "Meet me at your agency now." "I can''t." "You can''t or you won''t?" "I can''t. I shouldn''t even be talking with you. I should never have called. The lawyers and my executives said not to make direct contact, but I felt I had to." "Why didn''t you call us at home?" "I got cold feet," she said. "You don''t know how much I wished I could erase that message I left for you." "I appreciate that," I said, "but you can''t walk away. I need to understand what you''re saying. You''ve got to work with me to make this kid go away. You owe us that." I heard a series of staccato sounds and thought the connection was going bad. Then I realized she was crying. Finally, she said, "There''s a restaurant near here called Sunrise Sunset. On South Wadsworth. I can meet you there in an hour." "I might be a little late. I''ve got to run home and get Melissa. She''ll want to hear this. And on such short notice, we''ll probably have Angelina with us." "I was hoping..." Her voice trailed off. "Hoping what? That I wouldn''t bring them?" "Yes. It makes it harder...I was hoping maybe you and I could meet alone." I slammed the phone down. Stunned, I wrote down the address of the restaurant.

Details ISBN031236573X Author C.J. Box Short Title 3 WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE Language English ISBN-10 031236573X ISBN-13 9780312365738 Media Book Format Mass Market Paperback Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-11-30 DEWEY FIC Pages 350 Publisher St. Martin's Press Residence Cheyenne, WY, US Series St. Martin's Press Imprint St. Martin's Press Audience General/Trade Subtitle A Novel UK Release Date 2009-11-03 We've got this

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