Brilliant, beautiful and ambitious, Portland attorney Lainie Goff seemed to have it all. Until one cold night in the coldest winter the city had ever known, the dark secret of an abused childhood came crashing back and Lainie died for another’s sins.

“Hayman has penned an engrossing whodunit with a tenacious investigator, who luckily also happens to have the gift of a photographic memory. Highly recommended for readers of suspenseful, captivating mysteries with a cast of colorful yet believable characters.” -Library Journal Starred Review “A twisting, action-filled plot. This one puts Portland, Maine firmly on the crime fiction map.” -Booklist. “A formidable detective tested to the limit in Hayman’s atmospheric puzzler.” -Publisher’s Weekly “Suspense-filled and action-packed…It’s a real page-turner, unpredictable and smart, and i can’t think of a better beach read, than that! Read it!” -Paging Amy Order The Chill of Night now from Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble On Sale June 22nd 2010 from St. Martin’s Minotaur.

Rave Reviews for James Hayman’s The Cutting

“Pick of The Week” -Boston Globe

“A suspenseful police procedural whirling around a character who has the brains, courage and human concern to be the reader’s hero from start to finish.
All in all, if that sounds like a rave review, it’s because I intend this to be one. Rarely does a new novelist make a debut, in Maine or anywhere else, as polished, well-paced and plotted as this one.

Even less often does a writer create characters as well-drawn and centered as Hayman gives us with his Portland Police Detective Sgt. Mike McCabe, three years into life in his new city.” -The Portland Press Herald

“Hayman’s pacing is perfect. An unsettling thriller, not because Portland and the state have a history of madmen killing strangers on a rampage. What’s frightening is that Hayman makes it seem possible, even probable.” -The Bangor Daily News

“A stunning debut that gripped me from first page to last. A thriller of a thriller.” -Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Best Selling Author of Ice Cold

“An extraordinary debut and an exceptional thriller, The Cutting is razor-sharp, heartfelt and superbly written. James Hayman is a tremendous new voice in crime fiction.” -Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of I Shall Not Want