North of Nowhere |
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| Author:
| Hamilton, Steve |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58724-300-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
| Publisher: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Compass Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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An Edgar and Shamus Award Winning Author. On the eve of his forty-ninth birthday, Alex McKnight counts up his failures; his marriage, baseball career and his stint in the Detroit police. Jackie Conner, proprietory of the Glasgow Inn, is concerned with Alex's state of mind and offers his firend an ultimatum: go to a poker game or he'll put him on a plane to Moosehide. The game takes place in a push house with men Alex hardly knows. In the middle of the game, masked robbers invade the...
More DescriptionAn Edgar and Shamus Award Winning Author. On the eve of his forty-ninth birthday, Alex McKnight counts up his failures; his marriage, baseball career and his stint in the Detroit police. Jackie Conner, proprietory of the Glasgow Inn, is concerned with Alex's state of mind and offers his firend an ultimatum: go to a poker game or he'll put him on a plane to Moosehide. The game takes place in a push house with men Alex hardly knows. In the middle of the game, masked robbers invade the premises, hold the players at gunpoint and proceed to rob the homeowner. Alex is roused back into action and so is his former detective partner. They discover this is far more complex than a simple robbery and involves murder, greed, and revenge. Alex is forced to realise that there is no retreat from life and maybe that is a good thing