So begins an extraordinary life of crime - at once terrifying and exhilarating - while all the while, Michael plots how to turn the tables on his employer, win back Amelia, and find the key to unlocking his traumatic childhood memories. And unless he agrees to put his newfound skills to use, the mob are going to kill the father of the girl he now loves. The Lock Artist has won several awards, including the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2011 Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services. The story centers on a young man with a talent for lock picking. The Lock Artist, by Steve Hamilton (Thomas Dunne, 304 pp.) is the sensitive, coming-of-age story of Michael, a mute artist whose extraordinary ability to pick locks leads him down an.

It was first published in 2010 by Minotaur Books. Taunted as a freak, school becomes a fresh nightmare, until Michael discovers he has a special talent that makes people sit up and take notice: he can open locks.īut a teenage prank, breaking into the house of a rival school's quarterback, lands him in hot water, and despite his best intentions, Michael soon finds himself on a downward slope that ends with expert instruction on how to open safes. The Lock Artist is a standalone crime novel by American novelist Steve Hamilton. But although his escape was miraculous, it left him unable to speak. Michael hit the headlines once before, a seven-year-old kid the papers called The Miracle Boy on account of how he survived the terrible incident that took his parents. Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone youve. « previous 1 2 next » sort by « previous 1 2 next » Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. shelved 126,518 times Showing 30 distinct works.Prize-winning crime author Steve Hamilton's hugely commercial mainstream breakout tells the extraordinary story of a safe-cracker trying to unlock the key to his past. Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone youve ever seen in the world of crime fiction. Books by Steve Hamilton (Author of The Lock Artist) Books by Steve Hamilton Steve Hamilton Average rating 3.93

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