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Dwight Holing is the author of twenty books, including two Amazon #1 bestselling mystery series: the Silver Falchion Award-winning Nick Drake Novels and the Jack McCoul Capers. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Western Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.

His ten-book-and-counting Nick Drake mystery series has won fans and awards for his deft portrayal of richly developed characters, vivid descriptions of settings, multiple storylines, and unrelenting pace. Reviewers laud his philosophical insights that bring added depth to the stories and principal characters and his incorporation of indigenous cultural history.

Holing is also the author of two collections of short stories, California Works and Over Our Heads Under Our Feet. ...more

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	The Sorrow Hand (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,930 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pity Heart (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 2) 4.44 avg rating — 1,257 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shaming Eyes (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 3) 4.54 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nowhere Bones (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 5) 4.59 avg rating — 783 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Karma (A Jack McCoul Caper Book 2) 4.42 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whisper Soul (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 4) 4.48 avg rating — 765 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demon Skin (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 7) 4.51 avg rating — 536 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Broken Blood (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 8) 4.54 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thunder Head (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 9) 4.68 avg rating — 345 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boatload (A Jack McCoul Caper Book 1) 3.85 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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No word travels faster in my neck of the woods than “Fire!” On August 8, a whisper of smoke rising from a forested coastal ridge ten miles as the condor flies from me turned into a shout for help. Within minutes, a spectacular and rugged patch of Big Sur became a war zone as lightning-free sparks ignited first one then two monstrous blazes across the Los Padres National Forest. Feeding on parched

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