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Army cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to Appalachia in this propulsive thriller from the award-winning author of The Killing Hills. Mick Hardin is an Army CID officer home on leave, recovering from an IED attack and flirting with prescription painkillers, when a body is found in the center of town. Its Barney Kissick, the local heroin dealer, and the city police see it as an occupational hazard. But when Barneys mother, Shifty, asks Mick to take a look, it seems theres more to the killing than it seems. Mick should be rehabbing his leg, signing his divorce papers, and getting out of townand most of all, staying out of the way of his sisters reelection as Sheriffbut he keeps on looking, and suddenly hes getting shot at himself. A dark, pacy crime novel about grief and revenge, and the surprises hidden below the surface, Shiftys Boys is a tour de force that confirms Mick Hardin as one of the most appealing new investigators in fiction. Praise for The Killing Hills [A] work of rural noir whose characters singular codes lead to constant surprises. The Wall Street Journal Dark, but deeply humane. The love in this book is deep and powerful. And winsome twinkles shine through the blackness throughout, thanks in no small part to Offutts keen ear and eye. The New York Times Sense of place also steams off the pages . . . Pitch-perfect in its tone and dialogue, if more interested in mood than in the business of plot, this is what Jack Reacher wants to be when it grows up. The Times [UK]
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