
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton
Lying face down on the floor with a gun to the back of his head is where Alex McKnight finds himself after a game of cards turns into a professional heist at the home of local developer Win Vargas. When the dust settles, McKnight is one of police chief Roy Mavena (TM)s lead suspects. Worse, Vargasa (TM)s own sense of vigilante justice has targeted the former private eye as well, and the brash millionaire may be responsible for the sudden disappearance of Alexa (TM)s best friend Jackie. Now, with officials pointed in the wrong direction and his closest allies either missing or in jail, Alex knows he is the only one who can uncover the truth. But McKnight cana (TM)t possibly know how dark this conspiracy truly is a or how close to guilt he actually standsa ]a oeAgreeable plot twists (the revelation of whodunit really is a surprise) and thoughtfully engages some larger questions about wilderness real estate developments and the limits of friendship.a a Washington Post
STEVE HAMILTON's first novel, A Cold Day in Paradise, won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Best First Private Eye Novel Contest before becoming a USA Today Bestseller and winning both an Edgar and a Shamus Award for Best First Novel. His standalone novel The Lock Artist was named a New York Times Notable Book, was given an Alex Award by the American Library Association, and then went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel, making Steve Hamilton only the second author (after Ross Thomas) to win Edgars for both Best First Novel and Best Novel. He attended the University of Michigan, where he won the prestigious Hopwood Award for writing, and now he lives in Cottekill, New York with his wife and their two children.
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ISBN 13 | 9780312268978 |
ISBN 10 | 0312268971 |
Title | North of Nowhere |
Author | Steve Hamilton |
Series | Alex Mcknight |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Hardback |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Year published | 2002-05-08 |
Number of pages | 288 |
Prizes | Short-listed for Anthony Awards (Novel) 2003 |
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