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Dead Man Running by Steve Hamilton]
Alex McKnight series Book #11
4.5 ★
On the Mediterranean Sea, a vacationer logs on to the security-camera feed from his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Something about his living room seems not quite right--the room is bright, when he's certain he'd left the curtains closed. Rewinding through the feed, he sees an intruder. When he shifts to the bedroom camera, he sees the dead body.
Martin T. Livermore is the key suspect in the abduction and murder of at least five women, but he's never been this sloppy before. When the FBI finally catches him in Scottsdale, he declares he'll only talk to one person: a retired police officer from Detroit, now a private investigator living in the tiny town of Paradise, Michigan. A man named Alex McKnight. Livermore means nothing to McKnight, but it soon becomes clear McKnight means something to Livermore...and that Livermore's capture was only the beginning of an elaborate, twisted plot with McKnight at the center. In a hunt that will take him across the country and to the edge of his limits, McKnight fights to stop a vicious killer before he can exact his ultimate revenge. And his grand finale will cut closer to home than he ever could have imagined.Five long years have past since Steve Hamilton let us visit with Alex McKnight. I thought we would never go back to Paradise, Michigan. Thank you Mr. Hamilton for our return. Alex hasn't changed much...still seems to be haunted by his past and struggling to make something of his future. He really didn't need a serial killer he has never heard of but who obviously knows every moment of his life, making demands and bringing the FBI to his door. I enjoyed the book but Alex didn't seem like himself in this one...hence the 4.5 stars instead of 5. I don't think the old Alex would have been this careless or made this many mistakes. I also missed the close friendships between Alex and the people of this small Michigan town. In spite of this...it's good to have Alex back and please Mr, Hamilton don't make us wait another 5 years!
