In one second I can go back and feel it like it’s still happening, like that night lives in its own parallel universe where time stands still. A part of me is there always, living in that single span of darkness, the sun on the other side of the earth. I’m afraid this will be the only thing left when I die. The one part of me that continues will go back there like I’m finally going home.

To catch Steve's mini-tour of Kingston, NY, in and around the locations in Night Work, choose from: Windows Media, QuickTime, or YouTube.

Synopsis: 

Joe Trumbull is not a man who scares easily. As a juvenile probation officer in Kingston, New York, he’s half cop, half social worker to the most high-risk youth in the city. And when he’s not pounding the streets, trying to keep his kids out of jail, he’s pounding a heavy bag in the gym to stay in shape.

But tonight Joe Trumbull is scared to death.

It’s been two years since his fiancée, Laurel, was brutally murdered. Two years of grief and loneliness. On this hot summer night, he’s finally going out on a blind date, his first date since Laurel’s death. He’s not looking for love, just testing the waters to see if it’s possible to live a normal life again. The thought of it is turning his knees to jelly.

Marlene Frost is a beautiful woman. She’s warm and funny, with a smile to match. After the first awkward minutes, Joe finally starts to think this isn’t such a bad idea after all. In fact, maybe this blind date will turn out to be one of the best things that ever happened to him.

He couldn’t be more wrong. Because somehow, for reasons Joe can barely understand, this one evening will mark the beginning of a new nightmare. A nightmare that will lead him to the faceless man in the shadows, and to the most terrible realization of all...

For Joe Trumbull, the past is never past. And the worst is yet to come.

St. Martin's Minotaur hardcover (Sept 18, 2007) ISBN: 9780312353612
Orion hardcover (March 6, 2008) ISBN: 9780752873978
Orion trade paperback (March 6, 2008) ISBN: 9780752885940

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Reviews:

[A] polished and entertaining stand-alone thriller. ...Hamilton's star continues to rise and this book really does shine in all the right places.
-- Mystery News

[Hamilton's] knack for characterizations that add polish to this tale. In Joe Trumbull, he’s created another appealing and completely sympathetic protagonist, a man who’s gone through personal hell and is trying to break free of his crushing loneliness and find some normalcy. Hamilton also does a great job with secondary characterizations, as well as with providing believable red herrings... Night Work is another vintage Steve Hamilton, a gripping story that will leave fans hoping he’ll give Joe another opportunity to sort out his life.
-- Martina Bexte for Bookloons.com

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Audio:

Audio editions of NIGHT WORK are narrated by Dick Hill and available from Brilliance Audio.

Unabridged:
MP3-CD Library Edition
September 18, 2007
ISBN: 9781423307242

Audio Cassette Library Edition
September 18, 2007
ISBN: 9781423307204

Foreign Editions:

Steve Hamilton novels are printed world-wide.
Here we present covers from foreign editions of Night Work.