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From New York Times bestselling, two-time Edgar Award–winning author Steve Hamilton comes an unforgettable new hero, a man who will walk out of prison and into a harrowing double life that is anything but free.
Nick Mason has already spent five years inside a maximum security prison when an offer comes that will grant his release twenty years early. He accepts—but the deal comes with a terrible price.
Now, back on the streets, Nick Mason has a new house, a new car, money to burn, and a beautiful roommate. He’s returned to society, but he’s still a prisoner. Whenever his cell phone rings, day or night, Nick must answer it and follow whatever order he is given. It’s the deal he made with Darius Cole, a criminal mastermind serving a double-life term who runs an empire from his prison cell.
Forced to commit increasingly more dangerous crimes, hunted by the relentless detective who put him behind bars, and desperate to go straight and rebuild his life with his daughter and ex-wife, Nick will ultimately have to risk everything—his family, his sanity, and even his life—to finally break free.
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“A fascinating, complex audiobook…Narrator Ray Porter may have a lot to do with that. His portrayal of a criminal who is fiercely loyal to his friends and family is outstanding. He conveys the constant pressure and tension felt by Mason with his speech patterns and a tone of raw emotion always held in check. Porter also breathes life into the sinister Darius Cole…The ending is logical and satisfying. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“Nick Mason is one of the best main characters I’ve read in years. An intense, moving, absolutely relentless book.”
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“[An] edgy noir from a crime fiction maestro.”
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“[An] intelligent thriller…The reader has a vulnerable underdog to root for: a loser who may yet be born to win.”
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“A fine premise, a vibrant setting, a charismatic antihero…It’s a tight, gripping book about a man hellbent on reinventing himself against long odds.”
— New York Times -
“[The Second Life of Nick Mason] is so good, it legitimately stands shoulder to padded paranoid shoulder with the classics of the crime noir genre.”
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“A high-octane, tension-filled novel.”
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“[A] heart-pounding thriller with cinematic appeal.”
— Esquire -
“A tense, coiled thriller…It moves like a bullet train, told in a deceptively simple, gin-clear prose that all but sucker punches the reader.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month for May 2016
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A New York Times Bestseller
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An NPR Best Book of 2016
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One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2016
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A Library Journal Best Book of 2016
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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About Steve Hamilton
Steve Hamilton is the two-time Edgar Award–winning, New York Times bestselling author of the Alex McKnight series (with over a million copies sold), the Nick Mason series, and the stand-alone novel The Lock Artist. Two of his novels have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year, and he’s one of only three authors in history to win Edgar Awards for both Best First Novel and Best Novel. Other major awards include the Shamus, the Barry, the AMA Alex Award, and the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller. He was born and raised in the Detroit area and attended the University of Michigan, where he received the prestigious Hopwood Award for Fiction.
About Ray Porter
Ray Porter has garnered two Audie nominations as well as several Earphones Awards and enthusiastic reviews for his sparkling narration of audiobooks. A fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has also appeared in numerous films and television shows.