Steve Hamilton

A Cold Day in Paradise Steve Hamilton

Publisher Marketing: Other than the bullet lodged less than a centimeter from his heart, former Detroit police officer Alex McKnight thought he had put the nightmare of his partner s death and his own near-fatal injury behind him. After all, Maximilian Rose, convicted of the crimes has been locked in the state pen for years. But in the small town of Paradise, Michigan, where McKnight has traded his badge for a cozy cabin in the woods, a murderer with Rose s unmistakable trademarks appears to be back to his killing ways. With Rose locked away, McKnight can t understand who else would know the intimate details of the old murders not to mention the signature blood-red rose left on his doorstep. And it seems like it ll be a frozen day in Hell before McKnight can unravel the cold truth from a deadly deception in a town that s anything but paradise. "Chilling as the November wind. A must for PI and suspense fans." Charles Todd, author of "Wings of Fire" "Hamilton combines clear, crisp writing, wily, colorful characters and an offbeat locale (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) in an impressive debut. This book won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Award for Best First Private Eye Novel of 1997." "Publishers Weekly"" Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/1999 (EAN 9780792723264, Analog Audio Cassette) Ingram Paperback Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 22 (EAN 9780312969196, Mass Market Paperbound) Publishers Weekly 07/06/1998 pg. 53 (EAN 9780312192488, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/01/1998 pg. 1071 (EAN 9780312192488, Hardcover) Beyond the Cover Author Interv 02/01/2000 pg. 17 (EAN 9780312192488, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hamilton, Steve Steve Hamilton was born and raised in Detroit, and graduated from the University of Michigan where he won the prestigious Hopwood Award for fiction. In 2006, he won the Michigan Author Award for his outstanding body of work. His novels have won numerous awards and media acclaim beginning with the very first in the Alex McKnight series, A Cold Day in Paradise, which won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Award for Best First Mystery by an Unpublished Writer. Once published, it went on to win the MWA Edgar and the PWA Shamus Awards for Best First Novel, and was short-listed for the Anthony and Barry Awards. His book The Lock Artist is the winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Hamilton currently works for IBM in upstate New York where he lives with his wife Julia and their two children. Contributor Bio:  Miller, Dan John Dan John Miller is an American actor and musician. In the Oscar-winning "Walk the Line", he starred as Johnny Cash s guitarist and best friend, Luther Perkins, and has also appeared in George Clooney s "Leatherheads "and "My One and Only", with Renee Zellweger. An award-winning audiobook narrator, Dan has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, has twice been named a Best Voice by "AudioFile "magazine, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from "Publishers Weekly".