Alex McKnight series

The Alex McKnight series is a fictional crime series by American author Steve Hamilton featuring protagonist Alex McKnight, a former Detroit police cop. The setting for the books is Paradise, a town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The series is published by Minotaur Books.^[1]

Awards and honors

Awards for the Alex McKnight books

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	A Cold Day in Paradise	Anthony Award for Best First Novel	Finalist
		Barry Award for Best First Novel	Finalist
		Edgar Award for Best First Novel	Winner	[2][3]
		Shamus Award for Best First Novel	Winner	[4]
2001	Winter of the Wolf Moon	Barry Award for Best Novel	Finalist
2003	North of Nowhere	Anthony Award for Best Novel	Finalist
		Barry Award for Best Novel	Finalist
		Shamus Award for Best Novel	Finalist
2004	Blood Is the Sky	Anthony Award for Best Novel	Finalist
		Shamus Award for Best Novel	Finalist
2006	A Stolen Season	Nero Award	Finalist

Books

• A Cold Day in Paradise (1998)^[5]
• Winter of the Wolf Moon (2000)^[6]
• The Hunting Wind (2002)^[7]
• North of Nowhere (2003)^[8]
• Blood is the Sky (2004)^[9]
• Ice Run (2005)^[10]
• A Stolen Season (2006)^[11]
• Beneath the Book Tower (2011)
• Misery Bay (2011)^[12][13]
• Die a Stranger (2012)^[14]
• Let It Burn (2013)^[15][16]
• Dead Man Running (2018)^[17]