New Releases by Steve Hamilton

From two-time Edgar Award–winning author Steve Hamilton, An Honorable Assassin is another terrifying thriller featuring the unstoppable Nick Mason. He was released from federal prison to a second life as an unwilling assassin, serving a major Chicago crime lord until the day he finally won his freedom. But that freedom was a lie. Now Mason finds himself on a plane to Jakarta, promoted to lead assassin for a vast shadow organization that reaches every corner of the globe. This time, there’s only one name on his list: Hashim Baya—otherwise known as the Crocodile—international fugitive and #1 most wanted on Interpol’s “Red Notice” list. Baya is the most dangerous and elusive criminal Mason has ever faced. And for the first time in his career ... Mason fails his mission. Baya gets away alive. There’s only one thing he can do now: to save himself, his ex-wife, and his daughter, he must make this mission his life, hunting down the target on his own. But Mason isn’t alone in his search, because for Interpol agent Martin Sauvage, apprehending Baya has become a personal vendetta. Sauvage is a man just as haunted as Mason. And just as determined. Never have the stakes been so high, the forces surrounding him so great. Sauvage wants Baya in prison. Mason needs him in a body bag. Assassin and cop are on a five-thousand-mile collision course, leading to a brutal final showdown—and the one man in the world who can finally show Nick Mason the way to freedom.

Vivid and intense, Hamilton''s dark debut adeptly articulates the challenges and complexities of love and violence. Attorney Hyman Kazan is at his lowest point in life: with a struggling legal career and a failed relationship, Kazan is trying to find solace in alcohol. But when the body of a young man is found in downtown Vancouver, a link between the victim and Kazan''s girlfriend''s new lover, Judge Smith, soon comes to surface. As Kazan begins to look into Smith''s role in the murder, sinister secrets come to surface, threatening to destroy whatever is left of Kazan''s life. The narrative shuffles between sudden viewpoint shifts and flashbacks in the past, and the story becomes deeply disturbing as Kazan begins to dig deeper into Smith''s role in the case. Hamilton''s characters are fully fleshed-out, relatable people who will stay with readers: Kazan''s portrayal as a tortured soul held fast by rage and trauma makes him an unforgettable hero. Underneath his rough veneer swirls pain and vulnerability. Kazan''s inner turmoil plays out against the background of the gloomy skies and mercurial weather of Vancouver and the unraveling of his relationship with Briar. Hamilton skillfully evokes emotions as he delves into love, companionship, relationship upheaval, pain, regret, justice, mortality, and morality. This is a thoughtful, if diffuse, examination of love and relationships; how we drown ourselves more in misery in order to avoid the pain of a heartbreak. Imbued with passion and high-intensity emotion of a couple''s volatile relationship, this deeply intimate, emotionally charged tale makes for a winner.

In the latest instant New York Times bestseller in the Fox O’Hare series, FBI agent Kate O’Hare and charming criminal Nick Fox race against time to uncover a buried train filled with Nazi gold—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Straight as an arrow special agent Kate O’Hare and international criminal Nick Fox have brought down some of the biggest bad guys out there. But now they face their most dangerous foe yet—a vast, shadowy international organization known only as the Brotherhood. Directly descended from the Vatican Bank priests who served Hitler during World War II, the Brotherhood is on a frantic search for a lost train loaded with $30 billion in Nazi gold, untouched for over seventy-five years somewhere in the mountains of Eastern Europe. Kate and Nick know that there is only one man who can find the fortune and bring down the Brotherhood—the same man who taught Nick everything he knows—his father, Quentin. As the stakes get higher, they must also rely on Kate’s own father, Jake, who shares his daughter’s grit and stubbornness. Too bad they can never agree on anything. From a remote monastery in the Swiss Alps to the lawless desert of the Western Sahara, Kate, Nick, and the two men who made them who they are today must crisscross the world in a desperate scramble to stop their deadliest foe in the biggest adventure of their lives.

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Nick Mason vit toujours sous la coupe de Darius Cole incarcéré à vie pour meurtre et qui vient d’obtenir un second procès au terme duquel il pourrait bien recouvrer la liberté. Mais trois de ses anciens associés menacent son plan. Cole ordonne donc à Mason d’infiltrer le programme fédéral de protection des témoins et de les réduire au silence. Seules quelques personnes haut placées savent où sont cachés ces témoins gardés par des U.S. marshals déterminés. Mason doit pourtant mener à bien cette mission suicide, sinon son ex et sa fille seront réduites au silence à leur tour. Danger supplémentaire, quelqu’un de tout aussi habile que lui le cherche... Et pas pour son bien. C’en est trop pour Mason, qui décide de trouver une stratégie de sortie. « Intrigue solide et scènes bourrées d’adrénaline... une lecture incontournable pour les fans de polar. » Kirkus Review

On the afternoon of July 30, 1975, former Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa left the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, never to be seen again. Over two hundred FBI agents have been working the case in the forty-four years since that day—digging up end zones, driveways, hay fields, and horse farms—and yet Hoffa’s body has never been found. In this story by two-time Edgar Award–winning, New York Times bestselling author Steve Hamilton, Alex McKnight—the former Detroit cop and protagonist of eleven critically acclaimed novels that have sold over a million copies—is sitting at the rail in the Glasgow Inn when a local old-timer tells him an unusual story. It’s the kind of small-town mystery that won’t let Alex sleep at night, but when he goes hunting for answers, he stumbles upon the biggest surprise of his life. Forty-four years later, the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa is still the most notorious open case in American crime history ... And Alex McKnight is about to solve it.

«Uno degli scrittori piú originali che abbia mai letto». Michael Connelly «Sbalorditivo. Un thriller avvincente e implacabile». Don Winslow

Alex McKnight--hero of Steve Hamilton''s bestselling, award-winning, and beloved private eye series--is back in a high-stakes, nail-biting thriller, facing the most dangerous enemy he''s ever encountered. On the Mediterranean Sea, a vacationer logs on to the security-camera feed from his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Something about his living room seems not quite right--the room is bright, when he''s certain he''d left the curtains closed. Rewinding through the feed, he sees an intruder. When he shifts to the bedroom camera, he sees the dead body. Martin T. Livermore is the key suspect in the abduction and murder of at least five women, but he''s never been this sloppy before. When the FBI finally catches him in Scottsdale, he declares he''ll only talk to one person: a retired police officer from Detroit, now a private investigator living in the tiny town of Paradise, Michigan. A man named Alex McKnight. Livermore means nothing to McKnight, but it soon becomes clear McKnight means something to Livermore...and that Livermore''s capture was only the beginning of an elaborate, twisted plot with McKnight at the center. In a hunt that will take him across the country and to the edge of his limits, McKnight fights to stop a vicious killer before he can exact his ultimate revenge. And his grand finale will cut closer to home than he ever could have imagined.

« La liberté de Nick Mason dura moins d’une minute. » Ainsi commence la deuxième vie de Nick Mason. À peine sorti de prison après cinq années derrière les barreaux, sa liberté s’achève. Dès que son téléphone sonne, nuit et jour, il doit décrocher et faire très exactement ce qui lui est ordonné. C’est la conséquence folle de l’accord qu’il a passé avec Darius Cole, un dangereux criminel condamné à deux peines de perpétuité et qui continue d’orchestrer à distance son empire depuis sa cellule. Obligé de commettre des actes de plus en plus dangereux, traqué par la police, Nick Mason devra tout risquer pour regagner sa fille, son ex et sa liberté.

PARA SOBREVIVIR, A VECES ESTÁS OBLIGADO A MATAR. Nick Mason salió de la cárcel gracias a Darius Cole, jefe del crimen organizado de Chicago. El alto precio que tuvo que pagar por su libertad fue convertirse en un asesino profesional a las órdenes de Cole. Ahora está atrapado y debe aceptar una misión que parece imposible: infiltrarse en un programa secreto de protección de testigos y matar a los tres hombres que enviaron a Cole a prisión.

Ein Killer wider Willen und eine atemlose Jagd quer durch die USA - ein rasanter Gangsterthriller von Amerikas vielfach preisgekröntem Krimiautor Steve Hamilton Darius Cole, der Pate von Chicago, will Rache nehmen an den drei Männern, die ihn lebenslang hinter Gitter gebracht haben. Und Nick Mason, Killer wider Willen, weil er sich an ihn verkaufen musste, um zu überleben, wird sein Werkzeug sein. Das gesuchte Trio aber ist mit neuen Identitäten im Zeugenschutzprogramm des FBI abgetaucht und wird rund um die Uhr von US Marshals bewacht. Nick muss das Programm knacken, um herauszufinden, wo die drei "Zielobjekte" sich aufhalten – eine lebensgefährliche Aufgabe. Denn der Detective, der ihm vor Jahren ein Totschlagsdelikt anhing, das er nicht begangen hatte, ist ihm hart auf den Fersen ... "Steve Hamilton schreibt über Chicago wie einst Balzac über Paris, zwei Städte der verlorenen Illusionen." Süddeutsche Zeitung

Ein packender Gangsterthriller des vielfach ausgezeichneten US-Thrillerautors, der fesselnde Auftakt zur Serie mit Nick Mason, dem "Hitman wider Willen" - für Fans von Lee Child, Harlan Coben und Dennis Lehane Nick Mason war immer ein sauberer Gangster - soweit das in seinem Gewerbe möglich ist. Bis einer seiner Kumpels einen verdeckten Ermittler erschoss. Nick hielt sich an den Ehrenkodex, verriet seinen Komplizen nicht und ging in den Bau. Totschlag, Mindeststrafe: 25 Jahre. Im Gefängnis wird Darius Cole, der Pate von Chicago, auf ihn aufmerksam und macht ihm ein verlockendes Angebot: Nick soll Coles Mann für besondere Aufgaben werden, sein Ausputzer - und dafür wird er ihn raushauen. Und so ist Nick nach fünf Jahren wieder draußen. Eigentlich könnte er jetzt sein Leben in Freiheit genießen. Wenn da nicht dieses Handy wäre, das man ihm bei der Rückkehr nach Chicago überreicht hat. Wann wird es das erste Mal klingeln? "Umwerfend. Ein packender Nonstop-Thriller, fesselnd von der ersten Seite an." Don Winslow

"Nick Mason is given a daunting new mission -- to find witnesses under federal protection and kill them before they can testify against his master Darius Cole"--

Reprieved from a long prison term in exchange for committing increasingly dangerous crimes on behalf of a criminal kingpin, Nick Mason is relentlessly haunted by the detective who initially placed him behind bars.

El ex policía Alex McKnight soporta como puede los duros inviernos de Michigan, al calor del fuego, resguardado en su cabaña de madera. Cuando Dorothy Parrish, una joven de la tribu ojibwa, le pide cobijo y que la proteja de su violento novio, McKnight acepta. La chica desa-parece a la mañana siguiente y Alex sospecha que la han secuestrado, pero lo cierto es que hay una compleja red de intereses detrás de todo esto. Las insoportables tormentas de nieve son el telón de fondo de este enigma. Desde el misterioso mundo de la reserva ojibwa hasta la frontera canadiense, y adentrándose en lo más profundo del bosque, alguien acecha para matar. Y McKnight va directo hacia la línea de fuego…

Alex McKnight lleva catorce años viviendo con el miedo en la sangre, en forma de bala a menos de un centímetro del corazón. Maximilian Rose, el psicópata que lo hirió y que mató a su compañero cuando estaban en la policía, acabó en prisión. McKnight, por su parte, vive tranquilo en un pequeño pueblo llamado Paradise... Hasta que el asesinato de un corredor de apuestas hace saltar las alarmas otra vez. Rose sigue en la cárcel, pero el crimen lleva su sello inconfundible. Y McKnight empieza a sentir su aliento en la nuca, en un pueblo que empieza a parecerse a cualquier cosa excepto a un paraíso.

Alex McKnight swore to serve and protect Detroit as a police officer, but a trip to Motown these days is a trip to a past he''d just as soon forget. The city will forever remind him of his partner''s death and of the bullet still lodged in his own chest. Then he gets a call from his old sergeant. A young man Alex helped put away—in the one big case that marked the high point of his career—will be getting out of prison. When the sergeant invites Alex downstate to have a drink for old times'' sake, it''s an offer he would normally refuse. However, there''s a certain female FBI agent he can''t stop thinking about, so he gets in his truck and he goes back to Detroit. While there, he''s reminded of something about that young man''s case, a seemingly small piece of the puzzle that he never got to share. It''s not something anyone wants to hear, but Alex can''t let go of the feeling that they arrested the wrong man. And that the real killer not only got away, but went on to kill again. Let it Burn continues the acclaimed Alex McKnight series by two-time Edgar award-winner and New York Times bestselling author Steve Hamilton.

"A plane lands in a deserted Upper Peninsula airstrip one night, and five dead bodies are found the next morning. The evidence suggests that not only are these murders the beginning of something bigger, but that Alex McKnight''s friend Vinnie may be part of it. Alex knows he needs to find him before it''s too late. Vinnie LeBlanc is an Ojibwa tribal member, a blackjack dealer at the Bay Mills Casino, and he just might be Alex''s best friend. He''s certainly come through for Alex more than once in the past, so when he goes missing, Alex can''t help but be worried. There''s a deadly crime war creeping into the Upper Peninsula, leaving bodies in its wake, and Alex never would have expected that his friend could be involved. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in town also looking for Vinnie, Alex will soon find out that the stakes are higher than he ever could have imagined."--Provided by publisher.

"In this SQL Server 70-463 Exam training course, expert Steve Hamilton will teach you everything you need to know to pass the Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 test. It is required that you pass the 70-463 exam in order to achieve your MCSA and MCSE certifications from Microsoft. Steve Hamilton takes you through each of the topics that you will have to master to pass the SQL Server 2012 70-463 exam. Throughout this tutorial video, you will learn how to design and implement a data warehouse, extract and transform data, load data, configure and deploy SSIS solutions and build data quality solutions. Each topic is broken down into step-by-step lessons, allowing you to learn quickly, and retain what you learn more effectively. Once you have completed this video based training course for the Microsoft SQL Server 70-463 Exam, you will have a comprehensive understanding of how to Implement a Data Warehouse with SQL Server 2012. You will be fully prepared to write, and pass, your 70-463 exam and continue towards earning your MCSA and MCSE certifications."--Resource description page.

The newest novel by two-time Edgar award-winner and "New York Times"-bestselling author Hamilton about a mysterious plane on a deserted Upper Peninsula airstrip filled with five dead bodies.

On a frozen January night, a young man hangs himself 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 two months later, when the last person Alex would ever expect comes to him for 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 and methodical killer. McKnight knows all about evil. Mobsters, drug dealers, hit men—he''s seen them all, and they''ve taken away almost everything he''s ever loved. But none of them could have ever prepared him for the darkness he''s about to face. A New York Times bestseller, Michigan Notable Book, and Boston Globe Best Crime Book of the Year, Steve Hamilton''s Misery Bay marks the return of one of crime fiction''s most critically acclaimed series.

Before the tragic event that made him seek refuge in a remote corner of Michigan''s Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight was a Detroit police officer. It''s a warm summer night, and Alex is out riding the night shift with his partner Franklin. There''s no shortage of trouble to be found on the dark streets of Motown. But on this particular night, Franklin has his own agenda. From Edgar Award-Winning Author Steve Hamilton, Beneath the Book Tower is the first ever short story featuring Alex McKnight, showing a different side of the man readers have come to love.

"I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I''m ready to revisit Paradise, Michigan." —James Patterson Step into the vivid, intense universe of North of Nowhere, where mysteries envelop Michigan''s upper peninsula. With stakes as high as the dignity of former Detroit cop Alex McKnight, every turn of the page is steeped in anticipation. The story takes an abrupt turn from an exhilarating gamble to a professionally orchestrated heist that leaves Alex under a harsh spotlight of suspicion, his honor hanging by a thread. Amidst the turmoil and confusion, Alex discovers the unwelcome companionship of a vigilante, equally determined to unveil the truth, regardless of the cost. The narrative unearths the deepest secrets, revealing a conspiracy darker than even Alex could have anticipated. North of Nowhere is a riveting exploration of envy, guilt, and desperation. Its fast-paced narrative takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride of emotion and suspense in the picturesque surroundings of Michigan.

Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone you''ve ever seen in the world of crime fiction. "I was the Miracle Boy, once upon a time. Later on, the Milford Mute. The Golden Boy. The Young Ghost. The Kid. The Boxman. The Lock Artist. That was all me. But you can call me Mike." Marked by tragedy, traumatized at the age of eight, Michael, now eighteen, is no ordinary young man. Besides not uttering a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing he can somehow do better than anyone else. Whether it''s a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe ... he can open them all. It''s an unforgivable talent. A talent that will make young Michael a hot commodity with the wrong people and, whether he likes it or not, push him ever close to a life of crime. Until he finally sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long. The Lock Artist is the winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Novel and a 2011 Alex Award winner.

Joe Trumble is a probation officer with a tragedy in his past. Two years ago his fiancee was brutally killed three days before their wedding. No one has yet been caught. As the story opens, Joe is heading for a blind date with Marlene, a jewellery designer, his first encounter with a woman since his late fiancee Laurel''s death.The evening is a success, but next day Marlene is reported missing and, two days later, her body is found. As the last person to see her alive, Joe is at the very least a material witness and, as the evidence mounts and another body is found, suspicions begins to centre on him.