Steve Hamilton (1) (1961–)
Author of The Lock Artist
For other authors named Steve Hamilton, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Steve Hamilton was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1961. He graduated from the University of Michigan where he won the Hopwood Award for fiction. He is the author of the Alex McKnight Mystery series. A Cold Day in Paradise won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Award for Best First show more Mystery by an Unpublished Writer and the Edgar and Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. The Lock Artist won the 2011 Edgar Award. In 2006, he won the Michigan Author Award for his outstanding body of work. His current bestseller is The Second Life of Nick Mason. He also works for IBM. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Steve Hamilton
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Select Editions: 61 Hours | The Wish List | The Lock Artist | The Winter Ghosts (2010) — Contributor — 7 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Distant Echo | Trojan Odyssey | The Lady and the Unicorn | Blood Is the Sky (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies
Az utolsó esküdt/Egy összeesküvés hálójában/Sorsfordító nyár/Vérvörös égbolt — some editions — 1 copy
Het Beste Boek 271: Dodenmis / Het Bordeaux-complot / De slotenkunstenaar / Sneeuwland (2011) 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1961-01-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
New York, USA
Cottekill, New York, USA - Occupations
- novelist
- Awards and honors
- Michigan Author Award (2006)
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Reviews
Did this on on audio and while I enjoyed the story my complaint is with the narrator. He voice throughout just sounded too friendly for a private eye novel. No sense of underlying 'thoughness' so to speak.
Barely started this book. Nothing to grab my interest about McKnight to invest my reading time in another detective series.
Not as good as previous books in the series.
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Statistics
- Works
- 20
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 6,710
- Popularity
- #3,649
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 252
- ISBNs
- 348
- Languages
- 13
- Favorited
- 3
But I wasn't entirely happy with A STOLEN SEASON. First, the two main crimes in this novel seem like too much of a coincidence to each other. Even though I decided to just go with this storyline, I still had some problems with it.
Sometimes the story drags. I found myself skipping through some paragraphs, as a result, especially when he describes McKnight unloading boxes of guns.
More than anything, though, McKnight is a terribly frustrating main character. Over and over, he butts in, insists on taking things into his own hands when he should be leaving it to the police. I think Hamilton means for the reader to sympathize with McKnight, and I mostly did. But because he is always looking for trouble, I just wanted to clobber him sometimes. If I were one of his three friends, especially Vinnie, I would steer clear of him.
If you enjoy reading about Michigan, that's a good reason to try a Steve Hamilton book. I liked that about A STOLEN SEASON, although I wish Hamilton concentrated more on the Lower Peninsula, which I am more familiar with.… (more)