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Not Dead Enough
by Phillip Thompson
Series: Colt Harper #3
Series Rating:
Published by Brash Books on December 4, 2023
Setting: Lowndes County, Mississippi
Genres: Police Procedurals Mystery
Pages: 263
Format: Kindle, Paperback
Source: the Publisher
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Sheriff Colt Harper believes that combat veterans share a lifetime bond of loyalty with their fellow Marines. But when his service buddy Robert “Flip” Wilson, who slid into an oblivion of drugs and crime after returning from the Gulf War, shows up in his county and kills a man, Harper's loyalty to his friend smashes into his duty to the law. The two men find themselves on opposite sides now, fighting a different kind of war, where the battlefields are their hearts and souls…and losing will cost them everything.
Not Dead Enough by Phillip Thompson is a fast-paced run for freedom.
Will Colt capture the killer in his county and keep his job?
Sheriff Colt Harper
Colt is the Sheriff of Lowndes County, Mississippi. The first thing I learned about Colt is that he isn’t much for going the long way around anything. He is one of the direct-to-the-point types. Colt and his Deputy John were both Marines in the Gulf War. The time affected their lives then and again now.
I like Colt. Although he is put in a tricky spot during this story, his true character comes through. I also enjoyed his relationship with his deputies, John and Molly. These two help keep him on the straight and narrow.
Flip Wilson
Flip is Colt and John’s Marine buddy. He shows up in Mississippi because he has started some stuff in his home state of California, and some bad guys are after him. Flip is haunted by the death of another marine, and has a bad drug addiction. His life is seriously messed up and has been so since he was discharged from the USMC. He tried his hand at surfing, but the drugs kept him from performing at his best. So, that profession dried up.
This entire story is about how Flip handles life, his grief, addiction, and his love for his dead friend’s girlfriend. His life has been challenging, but hopefully, he will get it together and maybe have a chance with Melissa if that is where it takes him.
Four Stars
My rating for Not Dead Enough by Phillip Thompson is four stars. I enjoyed the story and getting to know Colt, John, Molly, and even Flip.
After seeing the book on our Kindle, my husband decided to read all three books in the series. While he does not write reviews, I will tell you that he liked these installments. He was even looking for more books by Mr. Thompson. I hope you are still writing, Mr. Thompson.
Colt Harper
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About Phillip Thompson
Best-selling author Phillip Thompson, a native of rural East Mississippi, received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ole Miss. A Marine Corps combat veteran, he has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Mississippi and Virginia. He has also worked as a defense analyst, media spokesman, consultant, speechwriter, and Senate aide.
Thompson is the author of five novels: “Old Anger,” the Amazon Best Seller “Outside the Law,” Deep Blood,” “A Simple Murder,” and “Enemy Within.” His short fiction has appeared in O-Dark-Thirty; The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature; Out of the Gutter Online; Thrills, Kills ‘N’ Chaos; Near to the Knuckle; Yellow Mama; and The Shamus Sampler II. He attended the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference as a fiction writer.
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