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Mike Walters

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in Klamath Falls, The United States

June 24, 1965

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Contemporary, Fiction, Thriller

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Mike Walters writes character-driven thrillers exploring family secrets, trauma, and resilience against the atmospheric backdrop of the Pacific Northwest. His novels blend psychological depth with genuine suspense, inviting readers into stories where what families hide is as dangerous as any external threat.

His bestselling novel, Hidden Beneath the Pines, introduced readers to his signature style: complex characters caught between protection and deception, set in Southern Oregon's haunting landscape. Memories of an Ash Covered Sky deepens this exploration, following a father and daughter forced to confront decades of silence and betrayal in the shadow of wildfire. His debut duology, The Rogue River Incident (Books I & II), blends mystery wi ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 108 ratings · 35 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rogue River Incident (Case XI, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Beneath the Pines: All Families Have Secrets 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Sheriff 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rogue River Incident (Case XI, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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If you love suspense novels that go deeper than a twist ending — stories built on family secrets, flawed characters you can't stop thinking about, and settings so vivid they feel like a character — indie suspense is where you should be looking. Especially when those stories are set against the moody, rain-soaked backdrop of the Pacific Northwest. This list rounds up some of the best indie suspense Read more of this blog post »

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“For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Yasalar Üzerine

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“Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.”
― Cecil B. DeMille, The Autobiography of Cecil B. Demille

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“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them."

[Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171]”
― Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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