Genre: Novel
Grade A-
Notable People: Steve Hamilton
Title: A Cold Day in Paradise
Review: this is the first in what has become a lengthy series with Alex McKnight, a PI in the remote upper Peninsula of northern Michigan. Gritty, black and white kind of book with classic tough guy with tortured soul type narrative. A lot of simple, but effective, twist and turns in this one…..and a great sense of the place in which the books take place. McKnight, a former Detroit cop, has sought refuge in the anonymity of the great north woods, and the metaphors take off from there. Exceedingly well written and very good character development. This one, like many, comes to me, from my old friend and former freshman English instructor at Ohio State- Neil Berman- who is my unofficial (or maybe official) literature guru. I’m looking forward to many more of this series.