Having exiled himself to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight doesn't have many friends, except for Vinnie LeBlanc, an Ojibwa who's his reclusive neighbor, and Jackie, owner of the Glasgow Inn. When Vinnie goes missing following his mother's death, Alex is worried.

Then news comes of a botched drug delivery at a nearby airfield that includes five dead bodies. After learning that Vinnie's no-good cousin is also missing, Alex speculates that Vinnie has been pulled into the drug fiasco and is either on the run or has been taken captive. Alex won't even think of the alternative. When a mysterious stranger shows up also looking for Vinnie, the race is on to find him before it is too late.

Steve Hamilton's DIE A STRANGER is marvelously atmospheric with characters and locales so realistic, they jump off the pages. Alex is a flawed, but totally captivating, man who's principles are put to the test time and again. A great series!