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Michael Balter

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Thriller, Fiction, Crime

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Michael Balter is an Amazon best-selling author known for his sharp wit and high-stakes crime fiction. His debut novel, Chasing Money, received multiple honors, including the Best Indie Book Award for Crime Thrillers, gold medals from the Feathered Quill and the Military Writers’ Society of America, the Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal for Crime Fiction, and the 2024 Crime Thriller of the Year Award from BestThrillers.com.

His second novel, The Vatican Deal, won the CIPA EVVY Gold Medal for Thrillers & Suspense and became an Amazon #1 Hot New Release. Dead Exit, the third novel in the Marty and Bo thriller series, will be released in July 2026.

Born in Berlin, Michael grew up in a bombed-out building. When the Berlin Wall went up, his family fl ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 384 ratings · 80 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chasing Money: A Marty and Bo Thriller (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop Book 1) 4.04 avg rating — 293 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vatican Deal (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 78 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Exit: A Marty and Bo Thriller (Marty Schott and Bo Bishop Book 3) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm excited to share that Dead Exit: A Marty and Bo Thriller, the third novel in my Marty & Bo Thriller Series, is officially available today.

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