In this tale of gripping suspense, author Steve Hamilton returns to Paradise, Mich., for the eighth installment in his Alex McKnight mystery series. Sault Ste. Marie police chief Roy Maven and private investigator Alex McKnight have not always seen eye-to-eye in the past, but when Maven's former partner, Charles Razniewski, is too preoccupied with the peculiar circumstances of his son's death to move past his grief, Maven reluctantly approaches McKnight for help. It is with equal reluctance that McKnight, unable to move on from the grief caused by his own recent loss, agrees to investigate the three-month-old case of Charles Razniewski, Jr.'s apparent suicide near Misery Bay. He returns home from his investigation and finds the elder Razniewski murdered on Maven's kitchen floor. When McKnight and Maven team up to find the killer, they uncover the missing thread of a connection between the two deaths and other recent murders of law enforcement officers whose children, allegedly, have also committed suicide. To the pair's utter horror, they quickly discover that if they don't catch the killer soon, this tenuous thread will lead him to kill again--this time, too close to home.
Misery Bay is an electrifying adventure from start to finish, with clever heroes, disturbing villains and their seemingly uninhabitable surroundings advancing the chilling mystery. The intricate plot and various twists and turns will keep the reader guessing from the first unsettling clue all the way to the story's satisfying end. Two-time Edgar winner Steve Hamilton has created another evocative page-turner that will not disappoint faithful fans of the Alex McKnight books. --Sarah Borders, librarian, Houston Public Library