Bücher von Steve Hamilton

New York Times Bestselling Author of Die a StrangerEdgar Award-winner Steve Hamilton introduced one of the most compelling characters in modern fiction with Alex McKnight. In Ice Run, Alex finds himself in the middle of a very strange mystery with much greater consequences than he ever anticipated. . . .Alex McKnight is happier than he can remember being in a long time. And it's all because of a woman-Natalie Reynaud, a Canadian police officer. When they take a romantic weekend together at an old luxury hotel, however, they receive an unexpected message-someone has left a hat filled with snow, and a note that reads, "I know who you are." As Alex searches for an explanation, he must face up against a terrible Reynaud family secret, a secret that to this day still drives men to kill.

On a frozen January night, a young man hangs himself in a lonely corner of the Upper Peninsula, in a place they call Misery Bay. Alex McKnight does not know this young man, and he won't even hear about the suicide until two months later, when the last person Alex would ever expect comes to him for help.What seems like a simple quest to find a few answers will turn into a nightmare of sudden violence and bloody revenge, and a race against time to catch a ruthless and methodical killer. McKnight knows all about evil. Mobsters, drug dealers, hit men-he's seen them all, and they've taken away almost everything he's ever loved. But none of them could have ever prepared him for the darkness he's about to face.A New York Times bestseller, Michigan Notable Book, and Boston Globe Best Crime Book of the Year, Steve Hamilton's Misery Bay marks the return of one of crime fiction's most critically acclaimed series.

When first published, A Cold Day in Paradise won both the Edgar and Shamus awards for Best First Novel, launching Steve Hamilton into the top ranks of today's crime writers. Now, 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 near his heart, former Detroit cop Alex McKnight thought he had put the nightmare of his partner's death and his own near-fatal injury behind him. After all, the man convicted of the crimes has been locked away for years. But in the small town of Paradise, Michigan, where McKnight has traded his badge for a cabin in the woods, a murderer with the same unmistakable trademarks appears to be back. McKnight can't understand who else would know the intimate details of the old murders. And it seems like it'll be a frozen day in Hell before McKnight can unravel truth from deception in a town that's anything but Paradise.

Alex McKnight war Polizist in Detroit, bis sein Partner erschossen und er selbst schwer verletzt wurde. Nun lebt er in der Einsamkeit von Paradise, einem idyllischen Fleckchen im Norden Michigans und vermietet Holzhütten an Touristen. Zwischen Fischern, Imbissbuden und seiner früheren großen Liebe verläuft sein Leben in geordneten Bahnen. Doch mitten im Winter finden sich in dieser Gegend Spuren eines Fremden, der eigentlich nicht dort sein kann. Er sitzt im Gefängnis. Kurz bevor das Tauwetter einsetzt, erkennt McKnight, seine Wirklichkeit gleicht einem Spiegelkabinett. Nichts war, wie er es sich vorgestellt hat und nichts wird mehr sein, wie vorher.