Beneath the Book Tower: An Alex McKnight Short Story

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. Review“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 writes tough, passionate novels.... This is crime writing at its very best.” —George Pelecanos“Hamilton gives us mysteries within mysteries as well as a hero who simply won’t be beaten down.” —*The Miami Herald*“Already one of our best writers.” —Laura Lippman“Hamilton’s prose moves us smoothly along and his characters are marvelously real.” —*Publishers Weekly“Hamilton’s prose...remains an unself-consciously terse pleasure.” —Entertainment Weekly“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 never misses a beat.” —Rocky Mountain News*