Steve Hamilton

Steve Hamilton
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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Day in Paradise, which won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Award for Best First Mystery by an Unpublished Writer.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.


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Die a Stranger
Die a Stranger
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books

An Alex McKnight Novel   New York Times bestselling author of Misery Bay   Late one night, a plane lands on a deserted airstrip. Five dead bodies are...


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Misery Bay
Misery Bay
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books

One of The Boston Globe's Best Mysteries of 2011 ALEX MCKNIGHT IS BACK in Misery Bay, the long-awaited return of one of crime fiction's most critically...


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Beneath the Book Tower
Beneath the Book Tower
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books

Before the tragic event that made him seek refuge in a remote corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight was a Detroit police officer. It’s a warm...


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The Lock Artist
The Lock Artist

Steve Hamilton
Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books

"I was the Miracle Boy, once upon a time. Later on, the Milford Mute. The Golden Boy. The Young Ghost. The Kid. The Boxman. The Lock Artist. That was all...


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Night Work
Night Work

Steve Hamilton
Minotaur Books

Meet Joe Trumbull. Two years ago his fiancée, Laurel, was brutally murdered…and the killer was never caught. Joe, a juvenile probation officer in Kingston, New...


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A Stolen Season
A Stolen Season
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur Books

On a freezing night in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a night that wouldn’t feel so unusual if it wasn’t the Fourth of July, an antique wooden boat plows...


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Ice Run
Ice Run
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur Books

It may be one of the worst winters in recent memory in Paradise, Michigan, but Alex McKnight is looking forward to spending some quality time with his new...


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Blood Is the Sky
Blood Is the Sky
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
St. Martin's Paperbacks

Winning the Edgar Award for A Cold Day in Paradise, Steve Hamilton introduced one of the most compelling characters in modern fiction: Alex McKnight, a gritty...


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North of Nowhere
North of Nowhere
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur Books

Steve Hamilton's debut novel A Cold Day In Paradise was the first novel to capture mystery's three most prestigious awards-the Edgar, the Shamus, and the...


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The Hunting Wind
The Hunting Wind
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
St. Martin's Paperbacks

In the remote, wintry reaches of Michigan's upper Peninsula, it's hard for a man to remember what springtime is like, let alone Spring Training. But when a...


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Winter of the Wolf Moon
Winter of the Wolf Moon
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur Books

Ex-cop and sometime-P.I. Alex McKnight endures the bitter winter of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in his log cabin with warm fires and cold Molsons. When Dorothy...


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A Cold Day in Paradise
A Cold Day in Paradise
Alex McKnight Novels
Steve Hamilton
Minotaur Books

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...


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