by SteveHamilton (Author)
Other than the bullet lodged less than a centimetre 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 cosy 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. It seems as though Hell will freeze over before McKnight can unravel the cold truth in this town that's anything but Paradise.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Orion
Published: 07 Feb 2002
ISBN 10: 0752844806
ISBN 13: 9780752844800
Book Overview: Steve Hamilton is the winner of the two most prestigious crime honours, the 1999 Edgar and Shamus Awards for Best First Novel 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 'A COLD DAY IN PARADISE won an Edgar [and] a Shamus ... From that, you'd have to assume that the book is pretty hot and you'd be right ... A real stormer of a debut and my early bet for best first crime novel of 2001' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A well written, well thought out thriller, ... Tightly plotted, well written and hard to put down' TIME OUT 'An impressive, award-winning debut which offers a real touch of class ... A gripping thriller set in the cold hinterlands of America; brooding, dangerous and hypnotic in tone and execution' GUARDIAN