Michael Koryta

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2004
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Lincoln Perry

1 - Tonight I Said Goodbye (Sep-2004)
2 - Sorrow's Anthem (Feb-2006)
3 - A Welcome Grave (Jul-2007)
4 - The Silent Hour (Aug-2009)

Markus Novak

1 - Last Words (Aug-2015)
2 - Rise the Dark (Aug-2016)

Multi-Author Series List

Bibliomysteries

35 - The Last Honest Horse Thief (Dec-2018)

Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Tonight I Said Goodbye

    Lincoln Perry - 1

    Investigator Wayne Weston is found dead of an apparent suicide in his upscale Cleveland suburban home. His wife and six-year-old daughter are now missing. The police think the former Marine murdered them. Hoping to exonerate his son, Weston's father ...

  • Sorrow's Anthem

    Lincoln Perry - 2

    Once Lincoln Perry and Ed Gradduk were friends. Then Perry became a cop, Gradduk turned dangerous, and their friendship imploded. Now, Gradduk is dead. And Perry wants to use his PI license to prove that whatever else his childhood friend might have ...

  • A Welcome Grave

    Lincoln Perry - 3

    Private investigator Lincoln Perry finds himself in the crosshairs of police investigations in two states when an old rival, Alex Jefferson, is brutally murdered. Accepting involvement in the case after a request from his former fiancee, Perry agrees...

  • Envy the Night

    In this first stand-alone novel from the critically acclaimed Edgar Award-finalist, Michael Koryta fulfills his early promise with a dark and mature novel of a young man trying to escape his past. It has been seven years since Frank Temple III joi...

  • The Silent Hour

    Lincoln Perry - 4

    Fresh off the critical acclaim of his Los Angeles Times Book Prize--nominated Envy the Night, Michael Koryta returns with a blistering new installment in the Lincoln Perry series. Whisper Ridge Home to Dreams October 2, 1992--April 12, 1996 S...

  • So Cold the River

    It started with a beautiful woman and a challenge. As a gift for her husband, Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to make a documentary about her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose past is wrapped in mystery. Eric grab...

  • The Cypress House

    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...

  • The Ridge

    In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as 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 bui...

  • The Prophet

    Adam Austin hasn't spoken to his brother in years. When they were teenagers, their sister was abducted and murdered, and their devastated family never recovered. Now Adam keeps to himself, scraping by as a bail bondsman, working so close to the town'...



  • Those Who Wish Me Dead

    When 13-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find the two killers. The re...

  • The Apex Predator

    In this exclusive short story from New York Times bestselling author Michael Koryta, a crime boss and his trusted enforcer encounter their most dangerous adversary yet: innocence.Dainius Belov had enjoyed an unprecedented run at the top of the cityâ€...

  • Last Words

    Markus Novak - 1

    A pulse-pounding thriller about a small town, a dead girl, and an investigator with nothing to lose. Mark Novak just wants to come home. Still mourning the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak accepts a case that may be his undoing. ...

  • Rise the Dark

    Markus Novak - 2

    Mark Novak's greatest mystery may be his own... Rise the dark. These were the last words written in Lauren Novak's notebook before she was murdered in a strange Florida village. They've never meant anything to the police or to her husband, investi...

  • How It Happened

    "And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?" Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her...

  • The Last Honest Horse Thief

    Bibliomysteries - 35

    A boy comes of age among a family of grifters in this powerful story from a New York Timesâ€"bestselling “master” (Stephen King).   Never knowing a real home, Markus Novak’s only constant in life is his passion for paperback westerns. The ...

  • If She Wakes

    Discover the electrifying new novel from New York Times bestselling author Michael Koryta, the "master" (Stephen King) of thriller writing, the story of two women fighting for their lives against an enigmatic killer. Tara Beckley is a seni...

  • Never Far Away

    New York Times bestselling "master" of American thriller writing Michael Koryta returns with an electrifying new novel about a mother seeking to reconnect with her children after a terrible trial tears their family apart Nina Morgan’s bl...

  • When a Stranger Comes to Town

    The latest Mystery Writers of America story collection, featuring surprising, page-turning twists on the genre from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fiction It’s been said that all great literature boils down to one of two ...

  • An Honest Man

    The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a young boy in Michael Koryta's latest thriller Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest man. They were not mutually exclusive. After dis...



Award-Winning Books by Michael Koryta

Those Who Wish Me Dead
2015 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults
2015 Audies -- Thriller/Suspense
Tonight I Said Goodbye
2005 Great Lakes Book Award -- Mystery/Intrigue


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael Koryta has published 19 books.

Michael Koryta does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, An Honest Man, was published in August 2023.

The first book by Michael Koryta, Tonight I Said Goodbye, was published in September 2004.

Yes. Michael Koryta has 2 series.
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