Night Work: A Novel - Hardcover

Hamilton, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312353618 ISBN 13: 9780312353612

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2007

Synopsis

Award-winning author of the acclaimed Alex McKnight series Steve Hamilton delivers his eagerly awaited, breakaway thriller with Night Work.
Joe Trumbull is not a man who scares easily. As a juvenile probation officer in Kingston, New York, he's half cop, half social worker to the most high-risk youth in the city. And when he's not pounding the streets, trying to keep his kids out of jail, he's pounding a heavy bag in the gym to stay in shape. 
But tonight Joe Trumbull is scared to death.
It's been two years since his fiancée, Laurel, was brutally murdered. Two years of grief and loneliness. On this hot summer night, he's finally going out on a blind date, his first date since Laurel's death. He's not looking for love, just testing the waters to see if it's possible to live a normal life again. The thought of it is turning his knees to jelly.
Marlene Frost is a beautiful woman. She's warm and funny, with a smile to match. After the first awkward minutes, Joe finally starts to think this isn't such a bad idea after all. In fact, maybe this blind date will turn out to be one of the best things that ever happened to him.
He couldn't be more wrong. Because somehow, for reasons Joe can barely understand, this one evening will mark the beginning of a new nightmare. A nightmare that will lead him to the faceless man in the shadows, and to the most terrible realization of all....
For Joe Trumbull, the past is never past. And the worst is yet to come.

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From the Back Cover

Edgar award-winning author of the acclaimed Alex McKnight series Steve Hamilton delivers a heart-stopping breakaway thriller with Night Work.

HE’S HAUNTED BY THE PAST

Meet Joe Trumbull. Two years ago his fiancée, Laurel, was brutally murdered...and the killer was never caught. Joe, a juvenile probation officer in Kingston, New York, won’t ever forget his first true love. But as time passes, he is willing to give another woman, Marlene Frost, a chance—and hopes a brand-new relationship with a beautiful, charismatic woman might be just what he needs.

AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME...

Turns out Joe is dead wrong. Because somehow, for reasons he cannot even begin to understand, his first date with Marlene will mark the beginning of a new nightmare—one that will lead him down a dark, familiar road...to the faceless man in the shadows...and to the most terrible realization of all.

“Hamilton’s star continues to rise...NIGHT WORK shine[s] in all the right places.”
— Mystery News

“Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels...This is crime writing at its very best.”
—George Pelecanos

About the Author

Steve Hamilton was born in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan, where he was awarded the prestigious Avery Hopwood Prize for writing. His first novel, A Cold Day in Paradise, won the PWA/SMP Best First Private Eye Novel Contest before going on to win both the Edgar and Shamus Awards for Best First Novel. In 2006, Steve won the Michigan Author Award for his outstanding body of work. He lives in Cottekill, New York, with his wife, Julia, and their two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312353618
• ISBN 13: 9780312353612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304