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Army-CID-officer-cum-unofficial-PI Mick Hardin is up against unforeseen forces who will stop at nothing in this vividly atmospheric thriller from acclaimed novelist Chris Offutt.Chris Offutt isa literary master across genres, and his most recent novel THE KILLING HILLSwas one of his most successful, earning him a new audience and earningpraise from the likes of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,and Crime Reads. His latest book, Shifty’sBoys, is a compelling, propulsive thriller of murder and mayhem in thehills of eastern Kentucky.Mick Hardin is home on leave,recovering from an IED attack, when a body is found in the center of town. It’sBarney Kissick, the local heroin dealer, and the city police see it as anoccupational hazard. But when Barney’s mother, Shifty, asks Mick to take alook, it seems there’s more to the killing than it seems. Mick should berehabbing his leg, signing his divorce papers, and getting out of town—and mostof all, staying out of the way of his sister Linda’s reelection as Sheriff—buthe keeps on looking, and suddenly he’s getting shot at himself.A dark, pacy crime novel aboutgrief and revenge, and the surprises hidden below the surface, Shifty’s Boysis a tour de force that confirms Chris Offutt’s Mick Hardin as one of themost appealing new investigators in fiction.

In this blistering return to ChrisOffutt's acclaimed crime series, Mick Hardin is tested like never before asfamilial allegiances and old wounds collide, threatening to destroy everythinghe lovesMaster storyteller and award-winning author Chris Offutt's latest book, Codeof the Hills, is a dark, witty, and propulsive thriller of murder andsecrets in a town where little is as it seems.Mick Hardin is back in the hills of Kentucky. He'd planned to touch downbriefly before heading to France, marking the end to his twenty-year Armycareer. In Rocksalt, his sister Linda the sheriff is investigating the murderof Pete Lowe, a sought-after mechanic at the local racetrack. Afteranother body is found, Linda and her deputy Johnny Boy Tolliver wonder if thetwo murders are related. Linda steps into harm's way just as a third body turnsup and Mick ends up being deputized again, uncovering evidence of illegalcockfighting, and trying to connect all the crimes.An explosive return to the mayhem of the Kentucky hills, Code ofthe Hills is a harrowing novel of family--of what we're willing to doto protect and avenge the ones we love.

"Army-CID-officer-cum-unofficial-PI Mick Hardin is up against unforeseen forces who will stop at nothing in this vividly atmospheric thriller from acclaimed novelist Chris Offutt. Chris Offutt isa literary master across genres, and his most recent novel THE KILLING HILLSwas one of his most successful, earning him a new audience and earningpraise from the likes of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,and Crime Reads. His latest book, Shifty'sBoys, is a compelling, propulsive thriller of murder and mayhem in thehills of eastern Kentucky. Mick Hardin is home on leave,recovering from an IED attack, when a body is found in the center of town. It'sBarney Kissick, the local heroin dealer, and the city police see it as anoccupational hazard. But when Barney's mother, Shifty, asks Mick to take alook, it seems there's more to the killing than it seems. Mick should berehabbing his leg, signing his divorce papers, and getting out of town--and mostof all, staying out of the way of his sister Linda's reelection as Sheriff--buthe keeps on looking, and suddenly he's getting shot at himself. A dark, pacy crime novel aboutgrief and revenge, and the surprises hidden below the surface, Shifty's Boys is a tour de force that confirms Chris Offutt's Mick Hardin as one of themost appealing new investigators in fiction"