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 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
Both big-hearted and thrilling. I loved this perfectly written tommy gun of a novel.
– Ariel Lawhon, NYT bestselling author of The Frozen River
Enthralling historical thrillerÂ
– 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
Superbly written and stunning
– Library Journal Starred Review
New York Times Bestselling Author
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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Best of 2016 Lists
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Michael on Craft & the Notes He Leaves Himself

Michael discusses craft, the advice he keeps in mind as he writes, and his rotten S.O.B. of an editor in his post on Literary Hub.
Writing’s Not Such a Silent Art After All
In his article The Voices Tell Me What to Do, Michael talks to Audible about the sound on the page with writers like Michael Connelly Books, Stephen King, Alafair Burke, Dean Koontz, and Megan Abbott Books.






