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NOW AVAILABLE! the
long-awaited return of Alex McKnight!
On
a frozen January night, a young man loops one end of a long rope
over the branch of a tree. The other end he ties around his
neck. A snowmobiler will find him 36 hours later, his lifeless
eyes staring out at the endless cold water of Lake Superior. It
happens in a lonely corner of the Upper Peninsula, in a place
they call Misery Bay.
Alex McKnight does not know this young man, and he won’t even
hear about the suicide until another cold night, two months
later and 250 miles away, when the door to the Glasgow Inn opens
and the last person Alex would ever expect comes walking inside
to ask for his help.
What seems like a simple quest to find a few answers will turn
into a nightmare of sudden violence and bloody revenge, and a
race against time to catch a ruthless killer.
At
the age of eight, Michael survives an act of violence so horrific that
the local press dubs him “The Miracle Boy.” And orphan now, and no
longer able to speak, Michael soon discovers the one thing he can do
better than anyone else. Whether it’s a locked door with no key, a
padlock with no combination, or even an 800-pound safe…Michael can open
them all.
STEVE HAMILTON
CONTRIBUTES TO TRIBUTE TO EDGAR ALLAN POE Steve's essay on the Grand
Master of mystery and horror, Edgar Allan Poe, has been
published in a new tribute book edited by Michael
Connelly.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTER
commemorates the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth,
collecting sixteen of his best tales accompanied by
twenty essays by well-known writers.
For more information on IN THE SHADOW OF
THE MASTER, and to take a look inside of this new work,
click on the image on the left.
STEVE'S
SHORT STORY
If you didn't catch my original short story,
A Shovel With My Name On It, in the sadly now-defunct e-zine,
Plots with Guns, you can read it
here.
Filmmaker Nick Childs adapted it into a short film starring
David Strathairn and it went on to win Best Narrative Short
at the Tribeca Film Festival, Special Jury Award at the USA Film
Festival, and the Gold Remi Awardat the Houston
World Fest!
To download the film via iTunes,
click here.
For a Nick Childs interview with David Strathairn,
click here.
If you didn't catch my original short story,
A Shovel With My Name On It, in the sadly now-defunct e-zine,
Plots with Guns, you can read it
