Shifty's Boys by Chris Offutt
Mick Hardin is an Army CID officer home on leave, recovering from an IED attack, when a body is found in the centre of town. It's Barney Kissick, the local heroin dealer, and the city police see his death as an occupational hazard. But when Barney's mother, Shifty, asks Mick to take a look, it seems there's more to the killing than it appears. Mick should be rehabbing his leg, signing his divorce papers and getting out of town - and most of all, staying out of the way of his sister Linda's reelection as Sheriff - but he keeps on looking, and suddenly he's getting shot at himself. A dark, pacy crime novel about grief and revenge, with surprises hidden below the surface, Shifty's Boys is a tour de force that confirms Chris Offutt's Mick Hardin as one of the most appealing new investigators in fiction.
The writing is top-notch, shot through with menace and melancholy * New York Times *
Chris Offutt's mastery of sense of place is still in full bloom * Times (Thriller Book of the Month) *
Another wonderfully atmospheric slice of Appalachian noir * Times & Sunday Times Crime Club (Pick of the Week) *
In elegant, economical prose, Shifty's Boys is an accomplished addition to the ranks of country noir -- Val McDermid
Offutt loves his characters enough to give them lifeWith them, we can grieve or laugh... Offutt's novel is replete with details that brand the humanity pictured within as real, because you can't make this stuff up -- Cathy Downs * Reviewing the Evidence *
Chris Offutt's mastery of sense of place is still in full bloom * Times (Thriller Book of the Month) *
Another wonderfully atmospheric slice of Appalachian noir * Times & Sunday Times Crime Club (Pick of the Week) *
In elegant, economical prose, Shifty's Boys is an accomplished addition to the ranks of country noir -- Val McDermid
Offutt loves his characters enough to give them lifeWith them, we can grieve or laugh... Offutt's novel is replete with details that brand the humanity pictured within as real, because you can't make this stuff up -- Cathy Downs * Reviewing the Evidence *
Chris Offutt is the author of the short-story collections Kentucky Straight and Out of the Woods, the novels The Good Brother, Country Dark and The Killing Hills, and three memoirs: The Same River Twice, No Heroes, and My Father, the Pornographer. His work has appeared in Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays, among many other places. He has written screenplays for Weeds, True Blood, and Treme, and has received fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857305282 |
| ISBN 10 | 085730528X |
| Title | Shifty's Boys |
| Author | Chris Offutt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2022-10-12 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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