Out September 22

Die Famous

A family in peril takes to the road in this thrilling historical epic

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The best gangster novel I’ve ever read. The writing is first class, and the action is nonstop.

– Stephen King

Juxtaposes shootouts, narrow escapes, vengeance, and justice, against a backdrop of family bonds, loyalty, love, motherhood, and memory, capped off with an ending you won’t see coming.

– Lisa Wingate,
author of Before We Were Yours

This will be the bar to which other historical crime fiction will be measured. Read Die Famous the moment it comes out.

– David Baldacci

Enthralling historical thriller 

– Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review

Riveting, vividly-written novel

– Marie Bostwick, NYT and USA Today bestselling author

A thrilling—and thrillingly layered—read

– Melanie Benjamin, NYT bestselling novelist

Both big-hearted and thrilling. I loved this perfectly written tommy gun of a novel.

– Ariel Lawhon, NYT bestselling author of The Frozen River

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Departure 37

Cold War espionage meets contemporary terror as forgotten mysteries make a terrifying reappearance

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Lost Man’s Lane

A teenager explores the darkness hidden within his hometown in this spellbinding supernatural thriller

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An Honest Man

Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest man. They were not mutually exclusive.

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MIchael Koryta|Scott Carson

Michael Koryta is a New York Times-bestselling author whose work has been translated into more than 20 languages and has won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar® Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and the Golden Dagger.

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Stephen King & Trooper Koryta

Stephen King & Trooper Koryta

Today Stephen King will receive the PEN America Literary Service Award, and considering how many times I’ve re-read ON WRITING in my career—let alone his incredible fiction—and considering the outstanding work of his foundation, I’d say that’s an awfully deserved honor. Few writers have done more for their colleagues and their communities.
 
Meanwhile, it’s release day of his new novel, THE OUTSIDER, which is terrific— and chilling — from the start. But I got an extra thrill in these pages, and now I’m really rooting for the significance of evidence discovered by this trooper out of Post 7 who scouts the abandoned boat ramp…

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Summer’s Best Page Turner

Summer’s Best Page Turner

The Chicago Tribune says HOW IT HAPPENED “may be the summer’s best page-turner” adding: “The book casts its spell in revealing the whys and wherefores of the killings. Koryta, who has introduced supernatural elements into several novels, plays it straight here. But that doesn’t mean he fails to deliver his usual blend of dark psychology and pulse-pounding action.”
 
Tribune subscribers can read the full review: https://trib.in/2IDua7o

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