About the Author

Steve Hamilton's debut, A Cold Day in Paradise, won the PWA/SMP Best First Private Eye Novel Contest before winning both an Edgar and Shamus Award for Best First Novel. His stand-alone novel The Lock Artist was named a New York Times Notable Crime Book, received an Alex Award, and went on to win the Edgar Award for 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.

Reviews

"This is crime writing at its very best." --George Pelecanos "A proven master of suspense." --Lee Child "Already one of our best writers." --Laura Lippman "Hamilton's compelling, vigorous prose doesn't allow the option of taking a break." --Los Angeles Times "Steve Hamilton writes the kind of stories that manly men and tough-minded women can't resist." --The New York Times