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Highlights
- "I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I'm ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan.
- About the Author: Steve Hamilton's first Alex McKnight novel, A Cold Day in Paradise, won both an Edgar and a Shamus Award for Best First Novel.
- 272 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Action & Adventure
- Series Name: Alex McKnight
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About the Book
Detroit cop Alex McKnight finds himself with a gun to his head after a game of cards at the home of a Michigan Upper Peninsula developer turns into a professional heist. Police Chief Roy Maven suspects McKnight, but Alex knows he's the only one who can uncover the truth. Martin's Press.Book Synopsis
"I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I'm ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan."--James Patterson
New York Times Bestselling Author of Die a StrangerSteve Hamilton's novels have won the mystery world's most prestigious awards. Now, in North of Nowhere, he returns to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where former Detroit cop Alex McKnight has learned that wherever money goes, envy isn't far behind. After a game of cards turns into a professional heist, Alex McKnight finds himself lying facedown on the floor with a gun to the back of his head. When the dust settles, McKnight is one of the police chief's lead suspects. Worse, one of the other card players has the same idea, and he has no qualms about exercising some vigilante justice of his own. Now, Alex knows he is the only one who can uncover the truth. But he's about to discover how dark this conspiracy truly is--or how close to guilt he actually stands. . . .
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Praise for author Steve Hamilton:
"A proven master of suspense." --Lee Child "Already one of our best writers." --Laura Lippman "Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels. . . . This is crime writing at its very best." --George Pelecanos "I'm often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it." --Harlan Coben "[Hamilton's] . . . tensile prose . . . reflects the dramatic, often violent contradictions of people who live on the edge of the world." --The New York Times Book Review "Hamilton keeps the action fast and furious and manages to keep the reader off balance almost as much as his hero. . . . While Alex McKnight may hate the idea, mysteries this good may make him extremely popular." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)Review Quotes
Praise for Steve Hamilton:
"A proven master of suspense." --Lee Child
"Already one of our best writers." --Laura Lippman
"Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels. . . . This is crime writing at its very best." --George Pelecanos
"I'm often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it." --Harlan Coben
"[Hamilton's] . . . tensile prose . . . reflects the dramatic, often violent contradictions of people who live on the edge of the world." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Hamilton keeps the action fast and furious and manages to keep the reader off balance almost as much as his hero. . . . While Alex McKnight may hate the idea, mysteries this good may make him extremely popular." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
Praise for Steve Hamilton:
"A proven master of suspense." --Lee Child
"Already one of our best writers." --Laura Lippman
"Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels. . . . This is crime writing at its very best." --George Pelecanos
"I'm often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it." --Harlan Coben
"[Hamilton's] . . . tensile prose . . . reflects the dramatic, often violent contradictions of people who live on the edge of the world." --"The New York Times Book Review"
"Hamilton keeps the action fast and furious and manages to keep the reader off balance almost as much as his hero. . . . While Alex McKnight may hate the idea, mysteries this good may make him extremely popular." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Superb! Hamilton keeps the action fast and furious and manages to keep the reader off balance."-"Publishers Weekly"
"A bracing, sometimes sidesplitting...novel."-"Booklist"
"Hamilton packs plenty of hardscrabble characters and pithy dialogue into a nifty mystery...there's nothing like a bit of Paradise-Michigan, that is."--"Columbia State"
""North of Nowhere" has a twisty plot with genuine surprises, but it's the understanding of the people who live in the Upper Peninsula and the love for both the harshness and beauty of the Lake Superior shoreline that make this another good entry in a terrific series."--"Flint Journal"
"A fast-paced book with wonderful characters...Hamilton writes great prose."
--"ReviewTheEvidence.com"
"A robust entry...Alex is at his best and the support cast augments the isolated feeling of going north of nowhere that shows why Steve Hamilton is an award-winning author."
--"Internet Bookwatch"
About the Author
Steve Hamilton's first Alex McKnight novel, A Cold Day in Paradise, won both an Edgar and a Shamus Award for Best First Novel. His stand-alone novel, The Lock Artist, was named a New York Times Notable Crime Book, received an Alex Award from the American Library Association, and then went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel, making him only the second author (after Ross Thomas) to win Edgars for both Best First Novel and Best Novel. He attended the University of Michigan, where he won the prestigious Hopwood Award for writing, and now lives in Cottekill, New York, with his wife and their two children.