Hills of Light: A Mick Hardin Novel
"Top-notch, shot through with menace and melancholy."--The New York Times Book Review, on the Mick Hardin novels
Old feuds. New blood. A spree of murders in the Kentucky hills dredges up the past and sets an already divided town on the course of bloody retribution in this harrowing return to a series with "top notes of Daniel Woodrell and S. A. Cosby" (Ian Rankin)
Mick Hardin never thought he'd live this long. A former Army CID officer, he always expected to die in battle or the woods, but life has had a funny way of never going according to plan. When he returns to eastern Kentucky after eight months away, not much has changed and yet he feels different, like a ghost haunting his own life.
In Rocksalt, a decades-long feud is drawing new blood. A fourteen-year-old boy is found murdered, shot on a rival family's land. Then a young man from the opposing family turns up dead under similar circumstances. All signs seem to point to the same old trouble: Connor versus Pennington. But narrowing down a suspect isn't as easy as it seems: there are dozens of relatives on either side, and while the players are the same, nothing adds up.
Soon neighbor turns against neighbor, and without a culprit in sight, the sheriff's office struggles to maintain order. Mick's sister Linda, the sheriff, has her own history with the Penningtons that is fueling the flames, and her deputy Johnny Boy is crumbling under the burden of a secret from his past. As tensions escalate, Mick steps in to lend a hand, but solving the crimes could come at a terrible price.
A taut, pulse-pounding tale about greed, deception, and the terrifying bonds of familial ties, Hills of Light is an explosive addition to Chris Offutt's masterful series that will keep you guessing up until the very last word.
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