The Hunting Wind: An Alex McKnight Novel by Steve Hamilton

This is one of the early Alex McKnight series. We knew that he played in the minor leagues for the Tigers, and suddenly one of his pitchers, Randy Wilkins, one who got a memorable call up to the majors when he got lit up in his only major league appearance, one who Alex has not seen in 30 years, reappears. He enlists McKnight to help him find a woman, Maria, with whom he fell in love, also 30 years ago. She is a stunningly beautiful woman, who is a con-woman, just as Wilkins turns out to be a con-man. The chase takes them back to Detroit, to the neighborhood outside Tiger Stadium, and then to other venues in Michigan. Even though the story takes place in the spring time, Hamilton captures the feel of the late winter weather in the Northern Peninsula. This was entertaining, but not a “must read.”

West Coast Don