Steve HamiltonAuthor

Reluctant investigator Alex McKnight finds himself drawn by friendship into a long drive north. The brother of Alex’s longtime Ojibwa friend Vinnie LeBlanc works as a hunting guide, serving the rich clients from downstate. It seems that Vinnie’s brother and his most recent group of hunters have vanished in northern Ontario, and Vinnie is scared enough to ask Alex to help him find them.

Their arrival sets in motion a heart-pounding string of events that leaves Alex and his friend miles from civilization, stranded in the heart of the Canadian wilderness with no food, no weapons—and no way out. And there’s someone out there who definitely does not want them to make it back alive.

WINNER OF MYSTERY INK ONLINE’S GUMSHOE AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

“BLOOD IS THE SKY is brilliant. Some books you can’t put down because the story is so compelling. Some books you can’t put down because the prose is so spellbinding. And then, every once in a while, you read a book that combines both. Steve Hamilton has written the best private eye novel — heck, maybe the best novel — I’ve read this year.”
– Harlan Coben

“This book is relentless. I had to read it straight through. The best mysteries are about the past coming up out of the ground and grabbing the present by the throat. Steve Hamilton knows this. Blood is the Sky fills that bill and then some. This is his best yet.”
– Michael Connelly

“Easily Steve Hamilton’s best novel so far – therefore an automatic book of the year. Everything is here – his trademark sense of place, vivid, resonant characters, and a plot that will break your heart.”
– Lee Child

“Steve Hamilton writes tough, passionate novels with a strong emphasis on heart and humanity. His latest flat-out smokes. This is crime writing at its very best.”
– George Pelecanos

“Steve Hamilton was already one of our best writers, but BLOOD IS THE SKY ups the ante considerably. Here, he has married the private eye form to the adventure tale with stunning results. Hamilton writes with an understated lyricism that is perfectly suited to the stark, desolate beauty of his story and its surroundings.”
– Laura Lippman

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