The Nick Drake Novels

The binge-worthy Murder & Mystery on the High Lonesome series continues in this omnibus of Books 7, 8, & 9 in the character-driven and action-packed Nick Drake Novels from award-winning author Dwight Holing.
Take a ride with Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake as he discovers the war at home can be just as deadly. Dwight Holing draws on his deeply rooted connection to the American West and understanding of the natural world to create masterful stories. With prose that crackles like the unforgiving setting, he builds suspense as powerful as a force of nature.
Readers agree about the Nick Drake Novels:
★★★★★ Smart, thrilling, beautifully-written page-turners.
★★★★★ Gritty, real, and straight to the heart.
★★★★★ Kissed my nights goodbye to read them all.
★★★★★ Love the emphasis on Native American culture.
★★★★★ Grabs you and doesn’t let go.
THE DEMON SKIN (Book 7): Thrilling whitewater adventure, an ancient demon, a sexy new boss, trouble at home, and murder combine. When wildlife ranger Nick Drake gets a beautiful and impetuous new supervisor, he quickly becomes pulled into a physical and emotional cauldron after she orders him to guide her down a dangerous and deadly river. As rapids roar and passions roil, Nick must battle waterfalls and whirlpools, an unearthly predator killing anything that ventures into its realm, and doubts about his frayed marriage following the adoption of a psychologically scarred boy.
THE BROKEN BLOOD (Book 8): Winner of the 2025 Silver Falchion Award for Best Western. Wildlife rangers Nick Drake and Loq take separate paths, but both lead to action, murder, and mystery in a thrilling and emotionally charged chapter in this bestselling series. When his sister goes on the run with a charismatic Indian rights activist wanted for murder, Loq risks everything to find her. He teams up with a beautiful police officer tracking a member of her own tribe. Danger, desire, and treachery test the pair as they follow a trail made famous a century before during a legendary and bloody flight to freedom.
THE THUNDER HEAD (Book 9): A murder. A land grab. A won’t see it coming ending. 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?