Not Dead Enough by Phillip Thompson
The third novel in the acclaimed Sheriff Colt Harper Series.
“Phillip Thompson combines the visceral verbal skills of Craig Johnson with the white-knuckle tension of Stephen Hunter. ” S.A. Cosby
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.
Books by Phillip Thompson
Not Dead Enough
The third Sheriff Colt Harper adventure.
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.
Old Anger
Sheriff Colt Harper's investigation of a black man's murder ignites long-buried bitterness over systemic racism in his county and forces him to confront his own demons...and white supremacists intent on sparking a race war.
Outside the Law – Audiobook
The audiobook edition of Phillip Thompson's novel, read by J. Rodney Turner
Outside the Law
Colt Harper is the Sheriff in a rural Mississippi county who goes up against a Memphis drug cartel and their cold-blooded assassin and will do whatever it take to get justice...even if it means going outside the law.
Reviews For Not Dead Enough
Mississippi sheriff Colt Harper has his loyalties tested in the standout third series entry from Thompson... Admirers of S.A. Cosby and Ace Atkins will appreciate Thompson’s combination of hardboiled crime tropes and psychological depth.
Full of crisp, realistic dialogue and spot-on local color, Thompson weaves a story in NOT DEAD ENOUGH that builds like a coming thunderstorm and explodes with a crack of lightning and thunder in a satisfying ending.
A winner in the tradition of Justified and Walking Tall.
Pure entertainment with an edge. The guy can write!
It has some sweet echoes of the past while being something modern at the same time. Pacing is outstanding and the story is engaging. It has a western rash under its skin. Recommended.
