New Releases by Steve Hamilton

Joe Trumble is a probation officer with a tragedy in his past. Two years ago his fiancee was brutally killed three days before their wedding. No one has yet been caught. As the story opens, Joe is heading for a blind date with Marlene, a jewellery designer, his first encounter with a woman since his late fiancee Laurel''s death.The evening is a success, but next day Marlene is reported missing and, two days later, her body is found. As the last person to see her alive, Joe is at the very least a material witness and, as the evidence mounts and another body is found, suspicions begins to centre on him.

With Night Work, award-winning author of the acclaimed Alex McKnight series Steve Hamilton delivers an atmospheric standalone thriller. Joe Trumbull is not a man who scares easily. But tonight he is scared to death. It''s been two years since Joe''s fiancée, Laurel, was murdered. Two years of grief and loneliness. On this hot summer night, he''s finally going on a blind date, his first since Laurel''s death. He''s not looking for love, just testing the waters to see if it''s possible to live a normal life again. And after the first awkward minutes, Joe starts to think this date wasn''t such a bad idea after all. In fact, maybe it will turn out to be one of the best things that ever happened to him. He couldn''t be more wrong. Because somehow, for reasons Joe doesn''t yet understand, this one evening will mark the beginning of a new nightmare. A nightmare that will lead him to realize that the past is never past. And the worst is yet to come.

Edgar Award–winner Steve Hamilton takes his acclaimed series to new heights in A Stolen Season. If you thought you knew Alex McKnight and how far he''ll go for the people he cares about . . . think again. On a freezing night in Michigan''s Upper Peninsula, a night that wouldn''t feel so unusual if it weren''t the Fourth of July, a boat plows full speed into a line of old railroad pilings in the shallow water of Waishkey Bay. After Alex helps rescue the passengers, he figures he''ll never see them again. He couldn''t be more wrong. The men he saved are connected to a deadly drug-smuggling syndicate and it''s up to Alex to do damage control—and protect the woman he loves—before the cycle of violence comes around full circle.

New York Times Bestselling Author of Die a Stranger Edgar 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.

I Want My Life Back is not a pretty story- but it''s beautifully told and absolutely compelling. The book''s cover features a portrait of author Steve Hamilton. You''d guess his age to be somewhere in his late 60''s. Guess again. He''s 39, and he has seen several lifetimes of hurt and failure. Raised by an alcoholic father, Hamilton learned early how alcohol can dominate every dynamic in family life. Later, alcohol and drugs dominated every aspect of his own life. This book is a moving and compelling portrait of the addicted life. Readers will learn how addiction comes to possess the mind, soul and body of its human prey. Readers will begin to understand why an addict like Hamilton can''t quit the very thing that is destroying him. He leads readers to grapple with a mix of emotions: loathing, pity, sympathy, compassion, and ultimately, admiration. He has been clean and sober for more than a dozen years now, and he completely embraces the Twelve Step philosophy. A powerful story powerfully told, I Want My Life Back is Leaving Las Vegas with a happy ending

Investigating the disappearance of a hunting group in the woods of northern Ontario, Alex McKnight finds himself deep in the wilderness, lacking food and weapons and at the mercy of a killer who would prevent everyone''s return.

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Alex McKnight finds himself in over his head when he and his occasional partner, Leon Prudell, agree to help Randy Wilkins, his old minor league teammate, find Randy''s old flame, a woman he had walked away from nearly thirty years before.

Private detective Alex McKnight agrees to help a young Native American woman escape from her abusive husband, but when the woman disappears, Alex risks his own life to save her.

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.