Let It Burn

The Alex McKnight Series, Book 10

By: Steve Hamilton

Narrated by: Dan John Miller

Alex McKnight swore to serve and protect Detroit as a police officer, but a trip to Motown these days is a trip to a past he’d just as soon forget. The city will forever remind him of his partner’s death and of the bullet still lodged in his own chest.

Then he gets a call from his old sergeant. A young man Alex helped put away—in the one big case that marked the high point of his career—will be getting out of prison. When the sergeant invites Alex downstate to have a drink for old times’ sake, it’s an offer he would normally refuse. However, there’s a certain female FBI agent he can’t stop thinking about, so he gets in his truck and he goes back to Detroit.

While there, he’s reminded of something about that young man’s case, a seemingly small piece of the puzzle that he never got to share. It’s not something anyone wants to hear, but Alex can’t let go of the feeling that they arrested the wrong man. And that the real killer not only got away, but went on to kill again.

Let it Burn continues the acclaimed Alex McKnight series by two-time Edgar award-winner and New York Times bestselling author Steve Hamilton.

©2013 Steve Hamilton (P)2024 Blackstone Publishing

McKnight Revisits a Case from his Past in Detroit

A solid crime novel set mostly in Detroit. Hamilton does a pretty good job of dealing with some of Detroit's stickier issues with race and not stumbling too hard against any cliches. Not the best Alex McKnight in the series, but a complicated character that finds himself, once again, in the thickets and the water.

The part about Detroit.

Really liked the plot. Kept me guessing. The details are so good. These are so good stories

Alex McKnight scores again

Another great episode in the McKnight series! Steve Hamilton is a great novelist and I can’t wait for his next adventure!

Great Michigan Mystery

The story takes you from the UP of Michigan to the streets of Detroit with an interesting plot twist at the end.