A Cold Day In Paradise
Steve HamiltonBorn and raised in Michigan, he now works for IBM in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and a son. A Cold Day In Paradise, in addition to winning an Edgar and a Shamus, was the winner of the 1997 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First P.I. Novel...
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Steve HamiltonBorn and raised in Michigan, he now works for IBM in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife and a son. A Cold Day In Paradise, in addition to winning an Edgar and a Shamus, was the winner of the 1997 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First P.I. Novel contest. A Cold Day in Paradise is the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312192488 (0312192487)
Publish date: August 15th 1998
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Suspense,
Murder Mystery
Series: Alex McKnight (#1)
For my full-length review, please visit Casual Debris.The focus that Hamilton places on Alex McKnight's psyche over what happened so long ago, and how it drives him in the wake of seemingly impossible events, works particularly well. It is deeply entangled with the plot and mystery that it never app...
Almost 4 stars. I will read the next book.
Working my way across America in fits & starts, I landed squarely in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan this week. I've never been there, but I understand that the folks who live there are referred to as Yoopers (from the sound of the initials "U.P."). Probably calling them Uppers would be a terrible i...
This fits fairly well into the noir genre--first person, a private detective who gets involved with The Wrong Woman (tm)--beautiful and rich. This one is set in a cold Michigan November. Alex McNight, a private investigator and former Detroit cop, has a bullet permanently lodged one inch from his he...
Somewhat better than OK but I had issues with the ending. Still, I probably will read the next in the series.
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