by SteveHamilton (Author)
It's winter in Paradise, a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on the frozen borders of Canada and Alex McNight is content to stay warm in front of the fire at the Glasgow Inn with a bottle of Canadian beer. Once a catcher in the minor leagues, later a Detroit police officer, Alex gave the private eye business a try and it ended up being the 'second worst' mistake of his life. So when a young native American woman of the Ojibwa tribe comes to him for help, Alex is reluctant to become involved. Nor does he want anything to do with goofy Leon Prudell who wants to get back in the PI business and has fixed on Alex as his partner. But before you can say 'storm warning' events have spun out of Alex's control. Soon he'll have to deal with an entire team of drug-crazed hockey goons, two mysterious men wearing guns and hunting caps, and a cold-blooded killer from the other side of the world. Perhaps Alex needs that new partner after all ...Hamilton's writing is spare and stylish. He combines wry understated humour with terrifying violence in a brilliantly evoked setting. He will go far.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Orion
Published: 21 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0752841416
ISBN 13: 9780752841410
Book Overview: A strong follow up thriller follows an Edgar Award-winning debut. Contains all the elements - quality of writing, characters, setting, plot - that could take Hamilton in the direction of Connelly and Crais and on to bestseller lists. Fantastic reviews for his debut: 'A real stormer and my early bet for best first crime novel of 2001 over here too' Independent on Sunday