This is book #3 in the Mick Hardin series. I truly enjoy this author's style of writing. I felt I knew the characters and could feel their anxiety as the story began to unfold. George Newburn was excellent as the narrator. The author paid great attention to detail in this action-packed mystery. Set in the backwoods of Kentucky the people are in a world of their own. They function by the "Code Of The Hills" as the title says and Mick Hardin knows just how to communicate with them. Trained by the military, he is ready for anything. Highly recommended.
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I listened to all 3 Mick Hardin books back to back (to back). George Newbern expertly narrates the series. Chris Offutt has expertly depicted a small town in the Kentucky hill country with a quirky cast of characters. Mick is an army CID officer who always seems to get involved with a murder investigation whenever he visits his hometown. In this installment, something happens to Mick’s sister, the county sheriff, so he once again tries to put all the pieces together with limited cooperation from the people in the hills. Things with this one ended a bit differently than the others so I’m interested in finding out what happens next!

*Thanks to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the advance audiobook copy for review.

This is the third book in the Mick Hardin series. This works as a standalone; however, I wished I read the first two to have more of an attachment to the characters.

Mick is an ex-military turned sheriff deputy on the hunt for a murderer. I did like Mick and that’s one reason I wish I read the first two. He was interesting and seemed so genuine. I really loved what he did at the end of the story.

The setting of this novel was less interesting to me and it didn’t seem very well developed. It was the backwoods of Kentucky. I have been there and there is a lot that can be flushed out but it seemed to fall a little flat for me.

As for the writing, I really did enjoy Offutt’s writing. It was a setting I didn’t like and he still sucked me into the story. It seems there will be more Mick Hardin stories and I am interested. I think I will go back to the beginning first.