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The Lock Artist

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Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2011.

 

Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011.

 

Winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for the Best Novel.

A real page-turner that deserves comparison to the likes of Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly.  From prize-winning crime author Steve Hamilton comes the extraordinary story of a safe-cracker trying to unlock the key to his past. 

 

CWA Judges’ comments: 'A beautifully-paced story told from the prison cell and perspective of “The Lock Artist”, who is serving time for the crimes he committed as a safecracker for hire. Hamilton uses a split narrative time-frame to uncover the traumatic childhood background, the long slow acquisition of lock-picking skills, and a boy’s harrowing journey into selfhood and adult responsibility.'

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