Late one night, a plane lands on a deserted airstrip. Five dead bodies are found there the next morning.
And now Vinnie LeBlanc is missing.
Vinnie is an Ojibwa tribal member, a blackjack dealer at the Bay Mills Casino, and he just might be Alex McKnight’s best friend. He’s come through for Alex more than once in the past, and he never ever misses a day of work. So Alex can’t help but be worried. There’s a deadly crime war creeping into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, leaving bodies in its wake, and Alex wouldn't think for a minute that his friend could be involved. But when an unexpected and unwelcome stranger arrives in town, Alex will soon find out that the stakes are higher than he ever could have imagined.
Two-time Edgar award-winner and New York Times bestselling author Steve Hamilton returns with thid outstanding new novel--perhaps his boldest book yet.
Review
Praise for Die a Stranger“Masterful.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[Hamilton] creates an ensemble of strong, believable characters and spins his suspenseful tale in crisp, hard-boiled prose. The result is a taut, fast-paced story with lots of gunplay and unexpected twists, along with a poignant subplot about the strained relationship between father and son.”—Associated Press
“Steve Hamilton keeps getting better and better, and in this latest Alex McKnight novel, he seems to have hit a fast-paced groove. This book is so spare and so elegantly assembled, it seems effortless. … This book has enough twists, emotional and otherwise, for me not to want to give away too much other than to say this is a powerful, and powerfully told, story by a writer who is at the peak of his narrative powers.”—*AnnArbor.com
*“In the latest of the Alex McKnight series, Steve Hamilton again demonstrates why he is one of the better authors at giving a sense of depth to the stage where his characters reside.”—*San Diego Union-Tribune
*“Hamilton does an excellent job creating strong, believable characters that are frequently put in violent, deadly situations. Deftly structuring his novel, the author slowly increases the tension while providing useful background information and offering societal insights into life on the reservation.”—*Lansing State Journal
“Die a Stranger *is marvelously atmospheric with characters and locales so realistic, they jump off the pages. Alex is a flawed, but totally captivating, man whose principles are put to the test time and again. A great series!”—*Fresh Fiction*
Praise for Steve Hamilton:
"I'm often asked to recommend a detective series readers might have missed. This is it. Hamilton has been flying under the radar with his Alex McKnight series for too long." —HARLAN COHEN
“A proven master of suspense.” —LEE CHILD
"I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I'm ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan." —JAMES PATTERSON
“Already one of our best writers.” —LAURA LIPPMAN
"Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels.... This is crime writing at its very best.” —GEORGE PELECANOS
“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
*"Hamilton . . . paints a rich and vivid portrait of a world where the chill in the air is often matched by that of the soul.” —*The Providence Journal
*“Hamilton gives us mysteries within mysteries as well as a hero who simply won’t be beaten down.” —*The Miami Herald*
About the Author
STEVE HAMILTON’s first novel, A Cold Day in Paradise, won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin’s Press Best First Private Eye Novel Contest before becoming a USA Today bestseller and winning both an Edgar and a 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 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.