Weยre going to give author C.J. Box a break and assume he wasnยt thinking about Miss Jolie when he put together a plot about someone named Angelina, an adopted baby and a powerful, distant father. Actually, the similarities end there. In Boxยs new stand-alone thriller Three Weeks to Say Goodbye, the plot centers on a happy young couple and their adopted baby (sheยs the one named Angelina). Nine months after bringing home their new baby, they get a phone call. The babyยs biological father, still just a teen himself, wants his baby back. Worse still, his dad, who just happens to be an important judge, has his own sinister motives for wanting the baby. 6:30 p.m. Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet Street. For information, call 713-524-8597 or visit www.murderbooks.com. Free.
Thu., Jan. 8, 6:30 p.m., 2009
This article appears in Jan 8-14, 2009.