Besides not uttering a single word in ten years, he discovers the one thing he can somehow do better than anyone else. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.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. Prize-winning crime author Steve Hamilton's hugely commercial mainstream breakout tells the extraordinary story of a safe-cracker trying to unlock the key to his past. So begins an extraordinary life of crime - at once terrifying and exhilarating - while all the while, Michael plots how to turn the tables on his employer, win back Amelia and find the key to unlocking his traumatic childhood memories. And unless he agrees to put his newfound skills to use, the mob are going to kill the father of the girl he now loves. But a teenage prank burglarising the house of a rival school's quarterback lands him in hot water and despite his best intentions, Michael soon finds himself on a downward slope that ends with expert instruction on how to open safes. Unable to speak after surviving the terrible incident that took his parents, school becomes a nightmare, until Michael discovers he has a special talent that makes people sit up and take notice: he can open locks.

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. So begins an extraordinary life of crime - at once terrifying and exhilarating - while all the while, Michael plots how to turn the tables on his employer, win back Amelia, and find the key to unlocking his traumatic childhood memories.

But a teenage prank, breaking into the house of a rival school's quarterback, lands him in hot water, and despite his best intentions, Michael soon finds himself on a downward slope that ends with expert instruction on how to open safes. Taunted as a freak, school becomes a fresh nightmare, until Michael discovers he has a special talent that makes people sit up and take notice: he can open locks.

But although his escape was miraculous, it left him unable to speak. Michael hit the headlines once before, a seven-year-old kid the papers called The Miracle Boy on account of how he survived the terrible incident that took his parents.

The lock artist by steve hamilton