The Hour of the Knife is a crime novel by American author Sharon Zukowski, published in 1992 by St. Martin's Press.

The story follows a Manhattan private detective, Blaine Stewart, as she attempts to unravel a mystery while on vacation.

Blaine Stewart, a private detective from Manhattan, visits the Carolina coast for a vacation.

While there, she receives a call from a former friend who is killed shortly afterwards.

[1] Kirkus Reviews described the book as a "cliche-riddled debut", featuring "comic-book villains and ineffective attempts at hard-boiled dialogue.