The Thunder Head (The Nick Drake Mysteries Book 9)

Grand Prize Winner of the 2025 CLUE Award for Best Suspense & Thriller Novel
Silver Medal Winner of the 2026 IBPA Award for Best Mystery & Thriller

A murder. A land grab. A won’t see it coming ending. The explosive return of Nick Drake.

Wildlife Ranger Nick Drake and Sheriff Pudge Warbler join forces to solve a grisly murder. Their investigation thrusts them into the middle of a vicious battle between ranchers and developers over a beautiful valley.

When they close in on the killer, everything the lawmen hold dear is threatened and forces a reckoning. Will they honor their oaths to follow the letter of the law in the pursuit of justice or damn the consequences and use any means necessary to protect the people and land they love?

Whatever their decision, one thing is certain. While the Wild West lives on in Harney County, Oregon, not everyone in this fight will.

Readers agree about the Nick Drake murder and mystery on the high lonesome
★★★★★ Smart, thrilling, beautifully-written.
★★★★★ A love song to a remote land.
★★★★★ Grabs you, holds you, and never lets you go.
★★★★★ Excellent contemporary western.
★★★★★ Love the emphasis on Native Americanism.