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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Michael Koryta


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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012

"A compulsively readable novel about brothers on opposite sides of life."
Friday Night Lights meets In Cold Blood in this powerful tale of distant brothers whose torment over the murder of their sister when they were teens is compounded by the murder of another targeted teenage girl--a killing one of the brothers is determined to avenge even if that means committing murder himself. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 8, 2011

"Koryta (The Cypress House, 2011, etc.), whose affection for the big cats and those who care for them is contagious, has produced a supernatural thriller that will raise goosebumps the size of golf balls."
The choice is simple: Kill or be killed. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 24, 2011

"A commanding performance in the field of supernatural noir."
In Depression-era Florida, a war veteran with the eerie ability to see impending death comes up against a criminal judge who exerts deadly force. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 9, 2010

"A departure from Kortya's Lincoln Perry p.i. series (The Silent Hour, 2009, etc.) that's every bit as well-written."
A gothic horror story set in--wait for it--rural Indiana. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 4, 2009

"Feisty plotting and the most memorable prose since Chandler. Koryta (A Welcome Grave, 2007, etc.) belongs on every genre reader's bookshelf."
Private eye Lincoln Perry walks the meanest streets of the 21st century. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 1, 2007

"The plot has its share of boilerplate elements. But sentence for polished sentence, no one in the genre writes better."
A hard-boiled shamus knows better than to answer the distress call of his ex...or does he? Read full book review >