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For Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake, the war at home proves just as deadly. A contemporary western thriller.Harney County, Oregon, 1968: Nick Drake has a chest full of medals and enough demons to fill a duffle bag. He's been trained to kill, but never retrained to rejoin society. Drake flees to the lonesome high desert in search of redemption and takes a job patrolling wildlife refuges where the only conflicts are keeping out stray cows and ticketing poachers. But then he stumbles across a girl's body ritually placed in a gully. Her murder is only the beginning, and Drake must face humanity's heart of darkness once again if he's to stop a killer from turning even more gullies into graves.What readers are saying:ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Fits right alongside Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, and Nevada Barr.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà I'm a huge fan of contemporary westerns married with a mystery. This nails it.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Nick Drake is wonderfully complex. His backstory in Vietnam is beautifully (and horrifically) described.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà The supporting characters feel so real. The old lawman, Deputy Pudge Warbler, is as flinty and resolute as his pitiless territory.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà I absolutely loved the Native American character, her language and myths.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Got it on Friday and finished it on Saturday. An amazing read.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Smart, thrilling, and action-packed.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà The prose crackles like the high desert setting.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà The descriptions of the natural surroundings put me right there. I could touch, smell, and hear it.

Nick Drake returns in the thrilling sequel to The Sorrow Hand. A contemporary western thriller.Set in 1968, Nick Drake is a troubled Vietnam War veteran seeking redemption as a game warden in a quiet land. But when a fighter pilot from a nearby Air Force base mysteriously plummets onto one of his refuges, he is plunged into a deadly showdown with the military. A vexing mystery involving multiple murders ensues, and Nick must turn to the old ways of his Paiute neighbors to hunt for a vicious killer and bring justice to the pitiless high desert.Read as a standalone or as part of the series.Award-winning author Dwight Holing draws on his deeply rooted connection to the American West and understanding of the natural world to create a masterful story. With memorable characters and prose that crackles like the unforgiving setting, the suspense builds and drives The Pity Heart to a climax as powerful as a force of nature.Here's what readers are saying:¿¿¿¿¿ If you love C.J. Box's Joe Pickett, you'll love Nick Drake.¿¿¿¿¿ Once I started reading The Pity Heart, I couldn't stop.¿¿¿¿¿ Beautifully written and pulls you right in.¿¿¿¿¿ Vivid, realistic and engaging.¿¿¿¿¿ Nick Drake is the Real Deal.¿¿¿¿¿ Love the emphasis on Native American folklore and mysticism.

Trouble doubles down on wildlife ranger Nick Drake.In the latest novel in the highly acclaimed contemporary western thriller series, a mysterious Native American pleads with Nick Drake to find her missing six-year-old twins. At the same time, an arsonist goes on a rampage. As Nick mounts a desperate search for the children, he is forced to fight fire with fire when the pyromaniac targets the people and land he loves.Read as a standalone or as part of the series.Award-winning author Dwight Holing draws on his deeply rooted connection to the American West and understanding of the natural world to create a masterful story. With prose that crackles like the unforgiving setting, the suspense builds and drives The Whisper Soul to a climax as powerful as a force of nature.Readers agree about the Nick Drake mystery series:ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Smart, thrilling, beautifully-written page-turners.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà A love song to a remote land.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Outstanding!ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Excellent contemporary westerns.ΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿàΓÿà Love the emphasis on Native American folklore and mysticism.

Nick Drake is back! A contemporary western thriller.It's 1969 and spring finally comes to the lonesome Oregon high desert after an especially bitter winter, but for every new beginning, something old must give way. Someone is poisoning wild horses and a vicious killer escapes from prison. A murder thrusts Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake into a desperate manhunt that turns into a fight for survival to protect those he holds dear. Spring quickly turns into a season of dying and life in Harney County will never be the same.Read as a standalone or as part of the series.Award-winning author Dwight Holing draws on his deep roots to the American West and understanding of the natural world to create a masterful story. With memorable characters and prose that crackles like the unforgiving setting, the suspense builds and drives “The Shaming Eyes” to a climax as powerful as a force of nature.Here's what readers are saying:•    Wow! Simply, wow!•    I usually don’t read a book this fast; I had to keep turning the pages.•    I loved the setting and mood.•    Characters you can believe in.•    Nick Drake fans are going to love this one.•    Beautifully written and well-paced.

Living is hard on the high lonesome, but dying is easy. When two of Nick Drake''s oldest Paiute friends disappear during a robbery of ancient relics that leads to a double murder, his race to find them puts him on a collision course with an obsessed killer. And that''s only for starters. A plane crash on a snowy mountainside after a wedding and with a baby on the way leads to a desperate fight for survival. Only one outcome is certain: life will never be the same for Nick, Gemma, Pudge, November, and the other characters who readers have come to love in this spellbinding mystery series.