Synopses & Reviews
In an unprecedented literary event, Steve Hamilton's
A Cold Day In Paradise has hit mystery's Double Play, winning the two most prestigious honors in the business-- the Edgar and Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. Now, open its covers and see for yourself why this extraordinary novel has galvanized the literary and mystery community as no other book before it...
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. A Cold Day in Paradise is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
Review
"[A] well-plotted and tightly written thriller."--
Detroit Free Press"Chilling as the November wind. A must for PI and suspense fans."--Charles Todd, author of Wings of Fire
"His story is so fundamentally sound and stylistically rounded that Hamilton ought to be teaching whatever writing course he may have taken toward producing this novel."--Jeremiah Healy, author of The Stalking of Sheilah Quinn and The Only Good Lawyer
Review
Praise for STEVE HAMILTON:“Hamiltons compelling, vigorous prose doesnt allow the option of taking a break.”
—Los Angeles Times“Steve Hamilton writes the kind of stories that manly men and tough-minded women cant resist.”
—The New York Times
“This is crime writing at its very best.”—George Pelecanos
“Hamilton gives us mysteries within mysteries as well as a hero who simply wont be beaten down.”
—The Miami Herald
“Already one of our best writers.”
—Laura Lippman
“Hamiltons prose moves us smoothly along and his characters are marvelously real.”
—Publishers Weekly“Hamiltons prose . . . remains an unself-consciously terse pleasure.” —Entertainment Weekly“Hamilton . . . paints a rich and vivid portrait of a world where the chill in the air is often matched by that of the soul.” —The Providence Journal“Hamilton never misses a beat.” —Rocky Mountain News
“I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and Im ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan.”
—James Patterson
“A proven master of suspense.”
—Lee Child
“Im often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it.”
—Harlan Coben
Review
"[A] well-plotted and tightly written thriller."--
Detroit Free Press"Chilling as the November wind. A must for PI and suspense fans."-- Charles Todd, author of Wings of Fire
"His story is so fundamentally sound and stylistically rounded that Hamilton ought to be teaching whatever writing course he may have taken toward producing this novel."-- Jeremiah Healy, author of The Stalking of Sheilah Quinn and The Only Good Lawyer
Synopsis
In an unprecedented literary event, Steve Hamilton's
A Cold Day In Paradise has hit mystery's Double Play, winning the two most prestigious honors in the business-- the Edgar and Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. Now, open its covers and see for yourself why this extraordinary novel has galvanized the literary and mystery community as no other book before it...
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. A Cold Day in Paradise is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
Synopsis
Steve HamiltonBorn and raised in Michigan, he now works for IBM in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and a son. A Cold Day In Paradise, in addition to winning an Edgar and a Shamus, was the winner of the 1997 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First P.I. Novel contest. A Cold Day in Paradise is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
About the Author
Steve Hamilton is the author of the Alex McKnight series as well as Night Work and The Lock Artist, which was named a New York Times Notable 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 he lives in Cottekill, New York, with his wife and their two children.