Michael Koryta

Signs the third in his thriller series: The Ridge (Little Brown $24.99). Michael joins author Steve Hamilton, bringing together two winners of the PWA/St Martins Press Best First Private Eye contest who have gone on to stellar careers! In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as ... (more)Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the lighthouse has been considered no more than an eccentric local landmark-until its builder is found dead at the top of the light, and his belongings reveal a troubling local history. For deputy sheriff Kevin Kimble, the lighthouse-keeper's death is disturbing and personal. Years ago, Kimble was shot while on duty. Somehow the death suggests a connection between the lighthouse and the most terrifying moment of his life. Audrey Clark is in the midst of moving her large-cat sanctuary onto land adjacent to the lighthouse. Sixty-seven tigers, lions, leopards, and one legendary black panther are about to have a new home there. Her husband, the sanctuary's founder, died scouting the new property, and Audrey is determined to see his vision through. As strange occurrences multiply at the Ridge, the animals grow ever more restless, and Kimble and Audrey try to understand what evil forces are moving through this ancient landscape, just past the divide between dark and light. The Ridge is the new thriller from international bestseller Michael Koryta, further evidence of why Dean Koontz has said "Michael Koryta's work resonates into deeper strata than does most of what I read" and why Michael Connelly has named him "one of the best of the best."

A journey to Florida's coast becomes an inescapable nightmare in the newest supernatural thriller from international bestseller Michael Koryta. Arlen Wagner has seen it in men before--a trace of smoke in their eyes that promises imminent death. He is never wrong. When Arlen awakens on a train one hot ... (more)Florida night and sees death's telltale sign in the eyes of his fellow passengers, he tries to warn them. Only 19-year-old Paul Brickhill believes him, and the two abandon the train, hoping to escape certain death. They continue south, but soon are stranded at the Cypress House--an isolated Gulf Coast boarding house run by the beautiful Rebecca Cady--directly in the path of an approaching hurricane. The storm isn't the only approaching danger, though. A much deadlier force controls the county and everyone living in it, and Arlen wants out--fast. But Paul refuses to abandon Rebecca to face the threats alone, even though Arlen's eerie gift warns that if they stay too long they may never leave. From its chilling beginning to terrifying end, The Cypress House is a story of relentless suspense from "one of the best of the best" (Michael Connelly).

Acclaimed crime writer Michael Koryta will sign & discuss the 4th book in his Edgar, Shamus, and Quill-nominated Lincoln Perry series, The Silent Hour (St. Martin's Minotaur; $24.99).

It has been seven years since Frank Temple III joined the rest of the world in learning his father’s bloody
secret: The U.S. marshal maintained a covert career as a contract killer, a double-life that ended in suicide
to avoid prosecution and prison.When Davin Matteson, the man who’d lured ... (more)his father intot he killing
game only later to give him up to the FBI, returns to the isolated Wisconsin lake that was once sacred
ground for their families, Frank decides it’s homecoming he can’t allow. While Matteson is nowhere to be
found, his old cabin is indeed occupied—by a strange, beautiful woman and a man with a gun. When a pair
of assassins from Miami arrive on their heels, Frank knows Matteson can’t be far behind.