

So, people might not even consider this a spoiler since it’s mentioned so soon in the book, but the MC is not talking (out loud) and it very quickly becomes known that he isn’t CAPABLE of talking, which is quite different from what I thought when he began telling his story.


He even tells the reader to try and see things from his perspective and that, while everything he’s done isn’t pure or say legal, try to see WHY he was placed into certain situations without truly wishing to be there or even participate.įrom the start of the novel, and this is done like one or two pages in, but if you don’t wish to know anything at all prior to reading the book, CONSIDER THIS A SPOILER WARNING. The author continuously goes back and forth in time, telling the story of “The Miracle Boy” and it’s clear from the beginning of the book that the nickname, or perhaps just how he ended up GETTING a nickname, is not a pleasant tale.Īlthough the structure of the novel is convoluted, the way the story is told is entirely straightforward - the MC tells the reader everything from his POV, and that connection from Michael to the reader feels incredibly personal. The Lock Artist is (at least for me) incredibly emotionally draining. Until he finally sees his chance to escape, and with one desperate gamble risks everything to come back home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.Steve Hamilton steps away from his Edgar Award-winning Alex McKnight series to introduce a unique new character, unlike anyone you've ever seen in the world of crime fiction.The Lock Artist is the winner of the 2011 Edgar Award for Best Novel.It took me about 15 minutes before I could compose myself to write this review. A talent that will make young Michael a hot commodity with the wrong people and, whether he likes it or not, push him ever close to a life of crime. Whether it's a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe. Besides not uttering a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing he can somehow do better than anyone else. That was all me.But you can call me Mike."Marked by tragedy, traumatized at the age of eight, Michael, now eighteen, is no ordinary young man. "I was the Miracle Boy, once upon a time.
