FICTION
Released: June 7, 2011
"Too soft in the middle to be among the best in this estimable series; still, Hamilton (The Lock Artist, 2010, etc.) has a great time with the love-hate relationship between two alpha males."
After six years of hiatus, Hamilton returns ex-cop Alex McKnight to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, land that he loves, and sets him against a psychopathic killer who thinks he's Alfred Hitchcock.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 5, 2010
"Readers may tire of lock lore a bit earlier than Hamilton (Night Work, 2007, etc.), but sharp prose and a strong cast should keep them in line."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2007
"It's hard not to like a good guy like Joe. The plotting goes a bit Grand Guignol at the end, but Hamilton fans are prepared for that."
Hamilton gives private eye Alex McKnight (
A Stolen Season, 2006, etc.) a rest and introduces a probation officer who's being stalked by a crazy.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2006
"The cast is strong and the local color vivid as ever, but this time, the plot has the phoned-in feel of characters in search of a story."
Michigan's Upper Peninsula has seen its share of iron winters--in 1995, it snowed six feet in a single day--but this one feels, as one depressed party puts it, like "something in the air is just plain broken."
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FICTION
Released: June 23, 2004
"Character-driven, briskly paced, occasionally witty, even wise: Hamilton's best, better than Edgar-winning A Cold Day in Paradise (1998)."
Though it's winter in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where 30-below is commonplace, one lucky citizen has summer in his heart.
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FICTION
Released: June 12, 2003
"This smart, brisk, twisty tale is even better."
In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where the temperature periodically checks in at 30 below, everybody knows it's crazy to start rebuilding a log cabin in October.
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