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Michael Koryta
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July 2012
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Those Who Wish Me Dead
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2014
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So Cold the River
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How It Happened
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2018
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19 editions
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If She Wakes
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2019
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The Prophet
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2012
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An Honest Man
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2023
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9 editions
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Last Words (Mark Novak, #1)
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2015
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The Cypress House
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2011
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36 editions
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The Ridge
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2011
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Tonight I Said Goodbye (Lincoln Perry, #1)
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2004
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Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review of Die Famous
Read more of this blog post »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 stolen cars for local gangster Al Brady. By the time the Great Depression hits, Nickel and Savannah have had a son named Alf
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“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.”
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“...what still blew them all away was time itself, the days and months and the years, oh yes, the years. They went faster than anything man had the capacity to invent, so fast that for a while they fooled you into thinking they were slow, and was there any crueler trick than that?”
― So Cold the River
― So Cold the River
“You have bound us, Kimble imagined saying, to an evil world. Where’s the love in that? And in that scenario, God always answered, Temporarily bound you, yes. Now, during your time in that evil world, did you do anything to help?”
― The Ridge
― The Ridge
“You became what you wanted to become. That's what Ezra believe. You could become it if you tried hard enough, could take what you really were and change it, force-feed yourself a new life until it became your old life, too, blurred together until a better self emerged.”
― Envy the Night
― Envy the Night
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For our September-October group read we are going to read a book that was nominated by our members, but didn't win in a poll. Here are four to choose from.
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“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.”
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Ask Megan Abbott & Michael Koryta - Thursday, September 12th!
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Join us on Thursday, September 12th for a special discussion with authors Megan Abbott & Michael Koryta. Megan and Michael will be discussing their ne ...more