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Van Shaw Series

Literary Sensei: Marc Olden 

By Glen Erik Hamilton

August 10, 2021

I stumbled across my first Marc Olden action thriller at age fourteen, in the crowded, jumbled, beloved racks of McDonald’s Book Exchange in downtown Kirkland, Washington. The book was called Giri, which I first misread as the word Girl thanks to an extended leg on the R, and indeed there was an attractive woman depicted…

Island of Thieves by Glen Erik Hamilton: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

June 16, 2021

Chapter 1 Van Shaw crouched in the shadows, as natural a home to him as the warm Gulf waters to a tiger shark. He watched as the guard with the charcoal gray uniform and company-issued Smith & Wesson completed his circuit of the dim warehouse. The guard’s eyes passed over the upper level of the…

Book Review: A Dangerous Breed by Glen Erik Hamilton

By Ray Palen

July 17, 2020

In Glen Erik Hamilton’s fifth book in the Van Shaw series, Van Shaw’s past and present collide when an ingenious blackmailer pushes him to the brink. In 2015, Seattle native Glen Erik Hamilton burst onto the literary scene with a juggernaut of a thriller titled Past Crimes. That novel won the Anthony, Macavity, and Strand…

Shaw’s Seattle: Exploring the Emerald City’s Hidden Thrills

By Glen Erik Hamilton

July 10, 2020

My main character Van Shaw is a Seattle guy. Like Shaw, I’ve lived away from the city’s gray embrace for many years. When we return, we see its transformations through fresh eyes. During the pandemic, Seattle is undergoing its biggest sea change since a certain e-commerce giant bought most of South Lake Union and a…

Review: Every Day Above Ground by Glen Erik Hamilton

By Kristin Centorcelli

July 27, 2017

Every Day Above Ground by Glen Erik Hamilton is the third Van Shaw novel, where a favor for a dying ex-con turns into a violent battle against a mysterious enemy for Van Shaw. Former Army Ranger Van Shaw is working part-time jobs and barely making ends meet. It doesn’t help that he’ll need a sizable…

5 New Books to Read this Week: July 25, 2017

By Crime HQ

July 26, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! The fourth and final book in C. J. Box's Highway Quartet highlights an incredible week of books! See what else we're…

Book Review: Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton

By Deborah Lacy

April 12, 2016

Army Ranger Van Shaw hasn’t heard from his grandfather, Dono, in more than ten years, but when he gets a note in Irish Gaelic that says, “Come home, if you can,” he heads home to Seattle for a ten day leave. When he arrives at his grandfather’s house, he finds him on the floor bleeding.…

Now Win This!: Shooters and Computers Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

March 3, 2015

Sometimes CTRL + ALT + DELETE just won't do, and you'll wish you had backup. These eight books can help! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes…

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