North of Nowhere: An Alex McKnight Novel [Paperback]

I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I'm ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan. James Patterson

New York TimesBestselling Author ofDie a Stranger

Steve Hamilton's novels have won the mystery world's most prestigious awards. Now, inNorth of Nowhere,he returns to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where former Detroit cop Alex McKnight has learned that wherever money goes, envy isn't far behind.

After a game of cards turns into a professional heist, Alex McKnight finds himself lying facedown on the floor with a gun to the back of his head. When the dust settles, McKnight is one of the police chief's lead suspects. Worse, one of the other card players has the same idea, and he has no qualms about exercising some vigilante justice of his own. Now, Alex knows he is the only one who can uncover the truth. But he's about to discover how dark this conspiracy truly isor how close to guilt he actually stands. . . .

Steve Hamilton's first Alex McKnight novel,A Cold Day in Paradise,won both an Edgar and a Shamus Award for Best First Novel. His stand-alone novel,The Lock Artist,was named aNew York TimesNotable Crime Book, received an Alex Award from the American Library Association, and then went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel, making him 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 lives in Cottekill, New York, with his wife and their two children.

Praise for author Steve Hamilton:

A proven master of suspense. Lee Child

Already one of our best writers. Laura Lippman

Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels. . . . This is crime writing at its very best. George Pelecanos

I'm often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it. Harlan Coben