- Mass Market Paperback: 337 pages
- Publisher: Minotaur Books; Reprint edition (28 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312355017
- ISBN-13: 978-0312355012
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,150,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Hamilton's pacing and his simple but evocative writing, along with a heartbreaking plot development and a penchant for set-pieces of quite devastating violence, suggests it's about time he made the move up to crime's premier league.' (Paul Connolly LONDON LITE )
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'Hamilton's pacing and his simple but evocative writing, along with a heartbreaking plot development and a penchant for set-pieces of quite devastating violence, suggests it's about time he made the move up to crime's premier league.' -- Paul Connolly LONDON LITE
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the seventh book in Steve Hamilton's series about Alex McKnight, a retired police officer living in Paradise, Michigan. It's also the last in the series, although on his website Hamilton says that he does expect to write further books about McKnight down the track.
Ice Run was a disappointment but this book is every bit as good as the rest in the series, if not better. All the usual characters we've come to know and love make an appearance. The book opens with Alex, Leon and a coastguard named Tyler rescuing three men whose boat is sinking in the lake. It turns out that the men are professional criminals who are involved in illegal drug trafficking between Canada and the US. At the same time Alex's girlfriend Natalie is involved in an undercover police operation in Toronto. Eventually these two storylines come together in a way that really shocked me and made me realise how real all these characters have become to me. I could not put the book down until I've finished it and I very much hope that there will be another installment down the track to pick up the pieces.
It's best not to read too much about this book because you'll enjoy it more if you don't have a sense of how the plot will unfold. It's also best to be familiar with the series beforehand.
Ice Run was a disappointment but this book is every bit as good as the rest in the series, if not better. All the usual characters we've come to know and love make an appearance. The book opens with Alex, Leon and a coastguard named Tyler rescuing three men whose boat is sinking in the lake. It turns out that the men are professional criminals who are involved in illegal drug trafficking between Canada and the US. At the same time Alex's girlfriend Natalie is involved in an undercover police operation in Toronto. Eventually these two storylines come together in a way that really shocked me and made me realise how real all these characters have become to me. I could not put the book down until I've finished it and I very much hope that there will be another installment down the track to pick up the pieces.
It's best not to read too much about this book because you'll enjoy it more if you don't have a sense of how the plot will unfold. It's also best to be familiar with the series beforehand.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Steve Hamilton's latest book in the likable Alex McKnight series is a very weak entry. The falling-off in plot inventiveness is shocking, even for a twenty-first century crime novel. It's all been done before, so what matters is how well it's done, and making it feel as if it is new. Hamilton fails here, delivering a cliche plot with no wit, style or additional "oomph" to set it apart from a half dozen or more crime novels with the same plot device. The background is interesting, as usual, and Hamilton is clearly aware of how much the Michigan Upper Peninsula setting affects readers' affection for his novels, but there is nothing new here. I've read it before, written better and delivered with more conviction. Hamilton has either run out of ideas or has gotten very lazy. Disappointing.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this is one of a series about ex cop Alex McKnight who left the city life behind for the isolation of a cabin on the shore of Lake Superior-however a quiet life isn't what he gets in the small town of Paradise! A wonderful series of novels which are both exciting and very funny in parts-this combination in the bleak but beautiful setting are what makes these books special. A Stolen Season could be read as a stand alone novel but I think it would be enjoyed best if the others are read first as by the time I read this I felt Alex was an old friend which made it even more sad when he loses someone close to him and feels it was his fault for putting them in danger by being part of his life. A cracking good read I would recommend all Steve Hamilton's books to anyone that likes a good thriller and a bit more too!
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