Bücher von Dwight Holing

Nature and noir combine in a spellbinding new stand-alone murder mystery by Dwight Holing, author of the bestselling Nick Drake series.An Indigenous girl from the Amazon named Blue Macaw mysteriously disappears after oil drillers invade her ancestral homeland. When her brother is accused of murdering a company executive, a no-holds-barred activist persuades Jess Parks to use his search and rescue skills to find Blue Macaw and catch the real killer.The chase is on and the consequences grow increasingly dire when Jess discovers he's not the only one hunting for her. The trail takes him from the gritty big city to the far reaches of the wildly beautiful but dangerous rainforest to the darkest corners of corporate greed and human ambition.Can Jess outrun a ruthless pack of mercenaries? Will he uncover the truth behind Blue Macaw's disappearance? Can he learn the ancient traditions of her tribe to win their trust? And will he succeed in delivering justice for them and their imperiled world?Hard Blue Empty masterfully weaves compelling characters and settings with mystery and suspense to create an adventurous thrill ride that will keep readers guessing until the last page is turned.

Jack McCoul returns in this page-turner sequel about a con man trying to go legit who solves murders with the help of a cast of colorful characters."Loaded with one liners. Keeps the plot turning." - Kirkus ReviewsRecovering con artist Jack McCoul launches a tech startup in his latest attempt to go straight, but his past comes roaring back. A former partner-in-crime's scheme to snatch a priceless statue drags him into a murder case with his wife's best friend as the prime suspect. As hired killers gun for him, Jack resorts to his old skills to turn the tables. He rounds up a gang as quirky as San Francisco and it is game on.

Winner of the Selena McDonald Kennedy Fiction Award. Includes "Gallopers," which was awarded the Arts & Letters Prize for Fiction.Meet the men and women who dwell on the far side of the California Dream: a war vet who rustles cactus near Palm Springs, a teenager living in the shadow of Disneyland about to be pulled into the draft, a Hollywood actress on the run from a violent past, a North Coast fisherman whose marriage founders when his son is lost at sea. Spare but lyrical, these beautiful tales of love, loss, and redemption, where place is as much a character as the people, take readers on an unforgettable journey along the deep river of the human spirit.

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.

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.

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.

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.