"Award-winning and best-selling master of suspense Koryta introduces a bold and determined character in his thirteenth novel (after Rise the Dark, 2016). Rob Barrett, an FBI interrogation specialist, offers to take on a case in a sleepy coastal town in Maine because he has connections in the area. He believes the vividly detailed confession of a heroin-addicted ex-con, Kimberly Crepeaux, who admits complicity in the disappearance of a local young couple, whom Kimberly claims were murdered in a drug-fueled hit-and- run. His investigation finds no evidence to support her wild story, and what he does find contradicts it in every detail. Despite bureau censure and attempts on his life, Barrett perseveres with the assistance of an interesting assortment of townies and law-enforcement officials. Barrett’s rediscovered lost love, Liz Street, is a keeper. Koryta excels at action set in remote places, and fans of William Kent Krueger and C. J. Box will enjoy this one."

—Booklist, on HOW IT HAPPENED; available now for pre-order and in stores May 15.

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The Huffington Post calls Michael "a writer of consistent greatness" in its review of Rise the Dark!

The New York Times invites you to enter Michael's latest nightmare in its review of Rise the Dark.

In the Associated Press' review of Rise the Dark, they say “Koryta has a gift for terrific suspense that immerses the reader while also delivering prose that almost reads like poetry." Read the AP's full review as it appeared in the Star Tribune.

The kind words about Rise the Dark keep coming:   "Koryta’s last three novels represent the high water mark for modern thriller writing and whatever he writes next I will be reading." —CrimeFictionLover's review    Book Reporter doesn't think you'll be...