Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buried in the Backwater | 2021 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 2 | Murder in the Mountains | 2021 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 3 | Hunted in the Holler | 2021 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 4 | Abducted in Appalachia | 2022 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 5 | Secrets in the Squalor | 2023 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 6 | Vendetta in the Valley | 2023 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 7 | Carnage in the County | 2024 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 8 | Forsaken in the Forest | 2025 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
| 9 | Betrayal on the Backroads | 2026 | Drew Strickland | Buy |
The Sheriff Elven Hallie series began with Buried in the Backwater (2021) and has grown to nine books through 2026. Sheriff Hallie works in a rural Appalachian county where crime takes on a different character than in urban settings. The tight-knit community, difficult terrain, and long-standing local feuds all factor into her cases.
Each book in the series presents a new crime for Hallie to solve, from murder in Murder in the Mountains (2021) to abduction in Abducted in Appalachia (2022). The titles make the setting explicit, and Strickland uses the geography of hollows, forests, and backroads as more than just backdrop. The isolation that defines Hallie’s jurisdiction is both what makes the crimes possible and what makes solving them so difficult.