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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Here comes THE RIDGE
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Recommended reads for March
I was traveling a great deal this month, which meant I was reading a great deal. Having just returned from a wonderful literary festival in Lyon, France, I knocked off eight books in the last few days alone. Being an insomniac on an overnight flight isn't ideal for...
Winnipeg Free Press reports…
That you should read The Cypress House! "With last year's So Cold The River, 20-something Michael Koryta veered from the familiar P.I. genre (his Lincoln Perry series) and started knocking on the door of the creepy-crime school run by Stephen King, Dean Koontz and...






