Hard time

 Hard Time

by

Logan Ryles

Mason Sharpe #13

Everyone wants him caught. Someone wants him dead.

On the frozen backroads of upstate New York, Army veteran Mason Sharpe picks up a hitchhiker stranded in the cold.

Minutes later, a sheriff’s deputy pulls them over. Three gunshots ring out, the deputy collapses into the snow, and the hitchhiker disappears into the woods.

Joining local cops on the manhunt, Mason learns the truth: the hitchhiker is Shane Hagan, an escaped federal inmate and fellow special forces veteran.

But when a second encounter erupts into a gunfight in the winter forest, Mason sees what the cops are missing - someone wants Hagan silenced.

Caught in the middle of a deadly web, Mason must choose—trust the system that convicted Hagan or believe a fellow veteran’s desperate story and help him save his family. Make the wrong call, and Mason could end up in prison.

But some bonds are worth any risk. And Mason Sharpe has never been afraid of Hard Time.

Another high‑octane thriller from Logan Ryles, with Mason Sharpe once again stumbling into trouble he never asked for. After picking up a hitchhiker in a freezing Upstate New York, Sharpe is pulled over moments later—and everything erupts. Gunfire shatters the quiet, and the hitchhiker vanishes into the snow.

Sharpe can feel the wrongness in his bones. Why would a fugitive break out of prison after just thirteen months? And when he had a clear chance to kill, why didn’t he take it? The deeper Sharpe digs, the clearer it becomes that nothing about this situation is what it seems—and he’s right in the middle of it.

A taut, action‑packed read from start to finish. The writing is sharp, (sorry) the mystery compelling, and Mason Sharpe continues to shine as a rugged, engaging hero. Ryles proves once again that he knows exactly how to keep readers hooked.

Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC of this book.