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 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
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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Indy Star Discusses Caves, Mentors & Channing Tatum with Michael
Michael talks about his new book, his mentor, caves, and oh yeah, Channing Tatum with the Indy Star. Read the article here: http://indy.st/1JtAP2d

A Fun & Gripping murder mystery in caves
The Washington Post find LAST WORDS fun and gripping: The versatile Michael Koryta’s new thriller is an exercise in sustained creepy atmospherics...It’s a kind of “Twin Peaks” with stalactites. It’s also a good guilt-ridden-survivor yarn, about a man whose last words...
Behind the Book: Caving Realities Part 1
Michael sits down with Anmar Mirza, national coordinator of the National Cave Rescue Commission, to discuss caving realities. Watch part one of the interview below.






