The Reluctant Sheriff

The new Mick Hardin novel
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The latest novel from award-winning author Chris Offutt. The Reluctant Sheriff is Chris Offutt’s fourth book featuring Mick Hardin. A dark and fierce return to the Kentucky hills, where nothing is what it seems. Mick Hardin returns to the trials and tribulations of local sheriff duties,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Reluctant Sheriff

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The latest novel from award-winning author Chris Offutt.

The Reluctant Sheriff is Chris Offutt’s fourth book featuring Mick Hardin. A dark and fierce return to the Kentucky hills, where nothing is what it seems.

Mick Hardin returns to the trials and tribulations of local sheriff duties, whilst the previous sheriff, his sister Linda, recovers from a gunshot wound sustained in the line of duty.

Living in Linda’s house in Rocksalt, Mick finds himself entwined in the trials and tribulations of being a sheriff in the perturbing Kentucky community. Unable to retire from a world of dubiousness and violence, Mick Hardin is back with determination to deliver retribution.

'This is a marvellous series… These have become must-reads for me and I enjoy every minute of the reading experience' Deadly Pleasures

'Righteous Kentucky noir... I gulped it down, relishing the burn' - Ian Rankin on Shifty’s Boys

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781915798640

Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: No Exit Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

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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