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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]

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Awards and honors

Awards for the Alex McKnight books
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
1999A 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]
2001Winter of the Wolf Moon Barry Award for Best Novel Finalist
2003North of Nowhere Anthony Award for Best Novel Finalist
Barry Award for Best NovelFinalist
Shamus Award for Best Novel Finalist
2004Blood Is the SkyAnthony Award for Best NovelFinalist
Shamus Award for Best NovelFinalist
2006A Stolen Season Nero Award Finalist

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