A Stolen Season
by Steve Hamilton
Published by St. Martin's Minotaur
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Reviewed by Andrea Sisco
Steve Hamilton has won the Edgar, Anthony and Shamus award for his novels.
It's an unusually cold July in the UP (Upper Peninsula) in Michigan and Private Investigator and former police officer Alex McKnight is trying to reconcile his feelings about his long-distance relationship with Canadian police officer, Natalie Reynaud.
One foggy, cold July 4th night, Alex and his friends are waiting by the lake for the fireworks to begin when an expensive antique boat slams into some old railroad pilings offshore. Alex and his friends rescue the three passengers and as a thank-you, are plunged into the dangerous world of prescription drug smuggling and gunrunners moving their goods across borders. It's scary to realize how easily it can be done.
Alex, his friends and his girlfriend Natalie better not make a wrong move, or they'll be dead.
Steve Hamilton is masterful at writing taut, intense fiction that has delicious conflict. His work is always satisfying and is an exciting and fast read. I loved the plot of A Stolen Season, but as a romantic, I was a bit disappointed in a tragic twist. I thought, initially, that the book started off rather slowly, but soon learned the reason for the added information.
Armchair Interviews says: A recommended read.