The Lock Artist
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Baker & Taylor
After miraculously surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until a botched heist forces him to go home to find the only person he loved--and to face … More »
After miraculously surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until a botched heist forces him to go home to find the only person he loved--and to face … More »
Baker & Taylor
After miraculously surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until a botched heist forces him to go home to find the only person he loved--and to face the secret that has kept him so quiet. By an Edgar Award-winning author. 60,000 first printing.
McMillan Palgrave
Baker
& Taylor
After surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until a botched heist forces him to go home to face the secret that has kept him so quiet.
Traumatized at the age of eight and pushed into a life of crime by reason of his unforgiveable talent--lock picking--Michael 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.
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After miraculously surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until a botched heist forces him to go home to find the only person he loved--and to face the secret that has kept him so quiet. By an Edgar Award-winning author. 60,000 first printing.
McMillan Palgrave
"I was the Miracle Boy, once upon a time. Later on, the Milford Mute. The Golden Boy. The Young Ghost. The Kid. The Boxman. The Lock Artist. 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. Besides not uttering a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing he can somehow do better than anyone else. Whether it's a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe ... he can open them all.
It's an unforgivable talent. 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. 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.
Baker
& Taylor
After surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world, until a botched heist forces him to go home to face the secret that has kept him so quiet.
Traumatized at the age of eight and pushed into a life of crime by reason of his unforgiveable talent--lock picking--Michael 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.
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Authors:
Hamilton, Steve, 1961-
Statement of Responsibility:
Steve Hamilton
Title:
The lock artist
Publisher:
New York :, Minotaur Books,, 2010
Edition:
1st ed
Characteristics:
304 p. ;,25 cm.
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Add a QuoteThe quiet people, on the other hand... I usually make them uncomfortable as hell, because they know they cant compete with me. I'll out-quiet anybody.... I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.
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Add a CommentSeventeen-year-old Michael has been mute since a childhood trauma—but what keeps him locked within himself is just one part of this exhilarating ride. Michael’s sudden career as a high-stakes criminal drives the true action. Innocently pursuing an interest in locks, Mike becomes deft at lock-picking. This makes him a valuable asset to a dangerous crowd... and an interesting combination of voiceless victim and perpetrator. One heck of a fine thriller that exposes the murky division between choice and chance.
I really liked this book. Not sure why, it's not my typical who dunit, or crime book and it even has love in it (which is so not my type of book) but I thought it was all done really well and I found myself anxious to read the book any opportunity I had. Great story, with a different plot.
Can't recommend it more highly. An extremely well written book with stories within stories. But it flows so well and the premise, a kid with exceptional lock picking skills, is intriguing and well keep you engrossed in this book until the very end.
I liked everything about this book - the format, style, story, characters and prose.
The Lock Artist is a well written novel which is centred around the life of a mute teenager who take to as life of crime to help escape from his horrific past. Michael, the protagonist of the book, has not spoken a word since a traumatic experience ten years earlier. Even though he has trouble making friends, Mike soon discovers a way to meet someone new. Using his amazing drawing skills, Michael befriends a girl who should actually hate him; for Mike had broken into her house. And that's Mike's other talent: picking locks. It doesn't matter whether it is a simple lock on a door, or a complex safe, he can always get in. The Lock Artist brings readers into the life of a teenager on the run, trying to survive, while trying to make friends. This book is suitable for people 14 and older.
Very unsatisfying book. It is strange, unbelievable and just sad. I don't understand why others liked it. I would not bother to read it. I kept waiting for it to get good but it never did. At least, skip to the last couple of pages and save yourself the frustration.
best book ever.
What a wonderfully told tale. Literally could not put this one down. It pulls you in from that very first paragraph.
This compelling thriller was such good fun. I hope the author has another novel in the works.
Satisfying, absorbing, gripping, firing on all cylinders. Non-pat characterizations, a pleasant surprise in a genre I don't normally dabble in. I will seek out more by this author. Highly recommended.