Every Day Above Ground A favor for a dying ex con turns into a violent battle against a mysterious enemy for Van Shaw in this emotionally powerful and gritty thriller from the award winning author of Past Crimes and Hard Co

A favor for a dying ex con turns into a violent battle against a mysterious enemy for Van Shaw in this emotionally powerful and gritty thriller from the award winning author of Past Crimes and Hard Cold Winter It sounds like a thief s dream to Van Shaw A terminally ill ex con tells him of an easy fortune in gold, abandoned and nearly forgotten after its original owner dieA favor for a dying ex con turns into a violent battle against a mysterious enemy for Van Shaw in this emotionally powerful and gritty thriller from the award winning author of Past Crimes and Hard Cold Winter It sounds like a thief s dream to Van Shaw A terminally ill ex con tells him of an easy fortune in gold, abandoned and nearly forgotten after its original owner died in prison For the dying man, the money is a legacy to ensure his pre teen daughter s future For Van, the gold is cash he desperately needs to rebuild his destroyed family home The grandson of a career criminal who taught him all the tricks of his trade, Van suspects that nothing is ever that easy Sure enough, the safe holding the fortune is a trap set by a mysterious player armed with tremendous resources and a lifetime of hatred Now, Shaw s partner is in the clutches of the hunters, and the former Army Ranger may be their next prey But when the ex con s innocent daughter is threatened too, Van s own hard childhood means he can t let her come to harm To discover who has them in the cross hairs, Shaw must seek out the hunters real prey His quest leads him from an underground bare knuckle fighting ring, which may be fronting a darker purpose, to a massive pop culture convention, where Van and his allies, Hollis and Corcoran, play a dangerous game with foes on every side It also introduces Van to a brash and beautiful aspiring journalist
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Glen Erik Hamilton s debut PAST CRIMES won the Anthony, Macavity, and Strand Magazine Critics awards for Best First Novel, and was also nominated for the Edgar, Barry, and Nero awards Publishers Weekly and Library Journal gave PAST CRIMES starred reviews, and Kirkus called the book an exciting heir to the classic detective novel The follow up in the Van Shaw series, HARD COLD WINTER, was published to rave reviews in March by William Morrow US and Faber Faber UK A native of Seattle, Glen grew up aboard a sailboat, finding trouble around the islands and commercial docks of the Pacific Northwest He now lives in California but frequently returns to his hometown to soak up the rain Follow his wet footprints on Facebook and on Twitter GlenErikH glenerikhamilton