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.'
The Lock Artist is the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel and a Alex Award winner.Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone you've ever seen in the world of crime fiction."I was the Miracle Boy, once upon a time. Later on, the Milford Mute. The Golden Boy. The Young Ghost. The Kid. The Boxman. The Lock Artist. That was all me.But you can call me Mike." Marked by tragedy, traumatized at the age of eight, Michael, now eighteen, is no ordinary young man. Besides not uttering a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing he can somehow do better than anyone else. Whether it's a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe ... he can open them all. It's an unforgivable talent. A talent that will make young Michael a hot commodity with the wrong people and, whether he likes it or not, push him ever close to a life of crime. Until he finally sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.
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The Lock Artist is the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel and a Alex Award winner.Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone you've ever seen in the world of crime fiction."I was the Miracle Boy, once upon a time. Later on, the Milford Mute.
The Lock Artist features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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The Lock Artist was written by Steve Hamilton and published by Minotaur Books an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
The Lock Artist has 336 pages
