Mike Holst: 12 books

Writer Mike Holst has established himself as one of the more productive fiction authors in Minnesota. In the past ten years he has written nine fiction novels and published five of them. Some of his works are A Long Way Back, Nothing to Lose, No Clues in the Ashes, Justice for Adam, and now, The Magic...

In August of 2007, I started writing a weekly column for my hometown newspaper, the Northland Press. This book is a collection of those essays published over the years. They depict everything from life itself to my roots; nature, pet stories, holidays of the year, fishing, hunting, sports, eulogies,...

This former firefighter, turned author, brings you a story that's close to his heart. Mike Flanagan was a young man, fresh out of high school and off his parents Minnesota farm, when he made his way to Minneapolis to find his role in life. Mired in a factory job he hates, he is on his way home...

Torch Brennan was bored with his early retirement from the Minneapolis Police force. He couldnt forget the many years of living life on the edge that hed once led, and how now, it seemed he had little purpose in life. Than came a chance to go back and work on a cold case. It was a case that had eluded...

In we met David Bennett, a born killer and a callous pyromaniac with no conscience, who terrorized the city of Minneapolis with his insidious deeds. Then young Mike Flanagan from Minneapolis Fire put an end to him and the terror. Or so they thought. Now its ten years later and Bennett is back in...

Justice for Adam is a compelling and rewarding story for anyone who has been disappointed by the legal system. Adam Holton had everything he wanted in life. A budding career and a good life in a small town he loved so much. The real prize for him however was Mandy, his beautiful betrothed friend....

In the grip of a raging thunderstorm Arnie Bottelmiller, his small son Timmy, and his fiance Julie are forced down and crash land on an island in the wilderness area of Northern Minnesota. Arnie is badly injured and immobile. He and Julie, who is also injured but able to function, wait for rescue...

FOR BART MOUNTAIN CLIMBING WAS A WAY OF LIFE. His money and his living on the edge attitude had taken him all over the mountain climbing world. Bart and his friend Thurwood had been a climbing team for more years then they could remember and they seemed inseparable. Then Cassie came into Barts life...

Beth Motrin had what most women only dream about. Her husband Mick was a handsome, hardworking man who worshiped both Beth and their young daughter Sarah. He was a diligent man with a steady job as a police detective and was working his way up the ladder in the department. Beth had a career...

This story is a tale of a cynical and brutal outsider, who holds a small town in Iowa hostage for three days. Billy Joe, an incorrigible red neck crook, was fresh from being booted out of the army when he befriended a run away teen, and a nave, Iowa boy named Teddy, whose father happened to own the...

Devon Harrington had his world the way he wanted it. He had a great job teaching at the college and the love of his life, Margie, to come home to each evening in their snug home in Suburban Boston. Then a dream trip to the Galapagos for research came along and he jumped at the chance. It was the South...

T O R C H B R E N N A N was born to be a cop, and especially, a homicide detective. He had the instincts and that gut feeling mentality that helps detectives sort out the good from the bad. Minneapolis was a city that gave him a lot of challengesbut he was always up for it. Through it all, he tried...