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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Library Journal Starred Review of Die Famous
Savannah Cody truly loves Eddie “Nickel” Terhune, but there are days when she could easily kill him—like when she hears that a reward is out for Eddie and the other members of Al Brady’s gang after their most recent bank robbery. Considering all the grief she has...
Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review of Die Famous
This enthralling historical thriller from Koryta (Departure 37, written as Scott Carson) follows a gangster, his sweetheart, and their son. In early 20th-century Indiana, Savannah Cody grows up with and falls in love with the troubled Eddie “Nickel” Terhune, who fixes...
Michael’s Tribute to Daniel Woodrell
I feel as if lately I’m honing a craft never desired: the tribute piece.






