North of Nowhere (Alex McKnight)

North of Nowhere (Alex McKnight)

by SteveHamilton (Author)

Synopsis

'That summer, it was all about secrets...I already had one bullet inside me. I knew I didn't have room for another.' Alex McKnight rarely ventures out from his home these days, even to spend time at his friend Jackie's Glasgow Inn - he's had enough of getting his ass kicked. Even as he lets Jackie force him out one night for a poker game at a stranger's house, Alex is certain it's a bad idea. When the genial atmosphere rapidly deteriorates, he starts to think maybe he was right. And then three masked, armed robbers burst through the door, and things get a whole lot worse. Soon Alex's three closest friends are implicated in the robbery, and Alex finds himself the object of hostile attention from the victim, not to mention a maniacal chihuahua. As events spin out of control, it becomes clear that somebody is not telling the truth, and has put them all in terrible danger...

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 18 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 0752852744
ISBN 13: 9780752852744
Book Overview: Edgar Award-winner Brilliant reviews: '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 '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.