The Hunting Wind (Alex McKnight)

The Hunting Wind (Alex McKnight)

by SteveHamilton (Author)

Synopsis

'The calendar said April but April in Paradise is still cold enough to hurt you ...' Alex McKnight is sipping a Canadian beer in the Glasgow Inn when Randy Wilkins, a left-handed pitcher from his baseball days in Detroit, turns up out of the blue. Finally he gets to the point. Randy's in love with a girl called Maria and wants to find her. The only problem being that he last saw her thirty years ago. It's a test of friendship to say the least and, at first, Alex can't think of anything worse. But loyalty gets the better of him and together Alex and Randy go back to Detroit where they played baseball together and where, as a police officer, Alex got shot. The bullet is still lodged in his chest. Their search for Maria leads them back to the past - a strange country which is unsavoury for Randy and painful for Alex. The Ojibwa Indian tribe call a driving wind from the north a hunting wind - in this case the hunt for Randy's lost love and Alex's lost life.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Orion
Published: 15 Nov 2001

ISBN 10: 0752846078
ISBN 13: 9780752846071
Book Overview: A third strong 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 COLD DAY IN PARADISE: 'A real stormer and my early bet for best first crime novel of 2001 over here too' Independent on Sunday; '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; 'Tightly plotted, well written and hard to put down' Time Out; 'An intriguing mystery ... the book's success is mainly due to its skilful characterisation and the attractive personality of McKnight' Sunday Telegraph; 'Hamilton's tensile prose - with its shifting images of heat and cold, light and dark - reflects the dramatic, often violent contradictions of people who live on the edge of the world' New York Times

Author Bio
Born and raised in the Detroit area, Steve Hamilton currently works for IBM in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and two children. He is a winner of the prestigious Edgar Award.