‘Exit Strategy,’ A Talk with Steve Hamilton

Steve Hamilton has either won or been nominated for virtually every major crime fiction award, including the Edgar, Dagger, Shamus, Anthony, Barry, and Gumshoe, among others. His Alex McKnight series involves ten bestselling and highly acclaimed books. His standalones include Night Work, and The Lock Artist which won the Edgar and Barry Awards for best novel of 2011.

 The Second Life of Nick Mason was Steve’s first entry in a new series. Nick Mason is an ex-con, trying to break away from his...