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LET IT BURN by Steve Hamilton

"Will Alex McKnight be able to help correct a serious mistake made almost 30 years ago in Detroit?"

By: Steve Hamilton

Genres: Thriller P.I.

Posted: June 10, 2013

Alex McKnight's final weeks as a police officer in Detroit come back to haunt him when he receives a call from a retired colleague that the young teen Alex was partly instrumental in sending to prison for murder is being paroled. There's always been a nagging question in Alex's mind about Darryl King's guilt, since he never got to be a part of the final results or the trial. Shortly after King's arrest, during a routine inquiry, Alex's partner was killed and Alex was shot three times; one of the bullets is still lodged close to his heart. Maybe leaving his Paradise home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for Detroit wouldn't be such a bad idea. He could revisit old acquaintances, especially good friend FBI agent Janet Long.

The Detroit that Alex remembers is a mere shadow of its former vibrancy. It is half the size it was with vacant or burned out homes and buildings everywhere. Some neighborhoods are nonexistent. It's a culture shock for Alex, but he's determined to find out the truth of the King case, especially when the arresting officer, now also retired, begins to doubt King's confession. When another murder related to the case occurs, it doesn't take long for Alex to realize things are not as they seem. Now, if he can just live long enough to discover what happened all those years ago -- and the real identity of the killer.

Steve Hamilton has written another compelling addition to his continually outstanding Alex McKnight series with LET IT BURN. As always, Hamilton's writing is realistically stylized with three-dimensional characters and atmospheric locales. You literally feel the heartbreak of present-day Detroit in comparison to its former glory days as the renowned Motor City. LET IT BURN is thrilling crime drama at its very best.

Book Summary

Alex McKnight doesn't leave Michigan's Upper Peninsula if he can help it. He steers clear of Detroit in particular, where he once worked as a cop. The city will forever remind him of his partner's death and of the bullet still lodged in his own chest. But a woman he can't shake has drawn him back to finally see what's there between them.

While he's in the city, he can't help but stop by his old precinct. It's now closed, like the countless abandoned buildings that surround it. His visit has reminded him of a case he was working on during that last summer. After his partner was killed and Alex left the force, the case was solved, and a man was sentenced to life in prison for the crime. Alex remembers something, a seemingly small piece of the puzzle that he never got to share. But all these years later, when he looks up the now-retired lead detective, this new piece of information doesn't exactly get a warm reception. The detective solved the case, after all, and justice was served.

Until Alex does a little more digging and finds out that the real culprit might have gotten away. And might still be out there, preying on more victims...

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Let It Burn by Steve Hamilton

Let It Burn

by: Steve Hamilton

Alex McKnight

Minotaur Books
July 1, 2013
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Featuring: Alex McKnight
304 pages
ISBN: 0312640226
EAN: 9780312640224
Kindle: B009LRWV96
Hardcover / e-Book

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