Summary:
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 from the adoption agency: Angelina’s birth father, a teenager, never signed away his parental rights, and he wants her back. Worse, his father, a powerful Denver judge, wants him to own up to this responsibility and will use every advantage his position of power affords him to make sure it happens. When Jack and Melissa attempt to handle the situation rationally by meeting face-to-face with the father and son, it is immediately apparent that there’s something sinister about both of them and that love for Angelina is not the motivation for their actions.
As Angelina’s safety hangs in the balance, Jack and Melissa will stop at nothing to protect their child. A horrifying game of intimidation and double crosses begins that quickly becomes a death spiral where absolutely no one is safe.
How far would you go to save someone you love?
I read my first mystery by C. J. Box just recently and absolutely loved it. THREE WEEKS TO SAY GOODBYE (ST. MARTIN’S MINOTAUR, January 2009) is a fast-paced, and thoroughly engrossing novel. It concerns a couple who has adopted a child only to have the child’s father, after almost a year, step up and demand she be returned to him. The adoptive parents are given three weeks to say goodbye and in that time frame, are determined to find a way to keep their beloved child. I pride myself on having a good idea of how an author will tie up all the loose ends , but this one really surprised me! The best part is that this best-selling author writes extremely well, moves the story along quickly and holds the reader’s attention right to the end. For those of you who enjoy a novel that will keep you turning the pages, this one is for you!
