A Cold Day in Paradise is a book written by Steve Hamilton and takes place in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The name of the book is very significant as to the meaning of the book. The cold day represents the metal bullet that is in Alex McKnight's chest and the cold nights it is a reminder of a traumatic event that took place. While Paradise is where he lives and where the last death took place and it was also on a cold and windy night. Alex McKnight is a former cop from Detroit, Michigan and moved to Paradise, Michigan because of a traumatic shooting that ended with his partner dead. Once caught the killer named Rose, who was sentenced to life in prison, but only after the damage was done. Alex could no longer work as a police officer, so he moved and began working as a private investigator for a local lawyer. Although this decision seemed good at first, his friend Edwin soon implicated him in a murder case. Edwin ended up walking into a murder scene, he panicked and instead of calling the cops first, he ended up calling Alex. Edwin ended up training Alex ...