New Releases by Michael Koryta

In this breathtaking thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead, the murder of several politicians at sea shatters the world of a local lobsterman who must prove his innocence and save his own life.u200b Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest man. They were not mutually exclusive. After discovering seven men murdered aboard their yacht – including two Senate rivals – Israel Pike is regarded as a prime suspect. A troubled man infamous on Salvation Point Island for killing his own father a decade before, Israel has few options, no friends, and a life-threatening secret. Elsewhere on the island, 12-year-old Lyman Rankin seeks shelter from his alcoholic father in an abandoned house only to discover that he is not alone. A mysterious woman greets him with a hatchet and a promise: “Make a sound and I’ll kill you.” As the investigation barrels forward, Lyman, Israel, and the fate of the case collide in immutable ways. Written with mounting suspense, stirring emotion, and deep understanding of character, Koryta continues to prove why David Baldacci has called him “an exceptionally gifted storyteller” and Michael Connelly has deemed him “one of the best of the best, plain and simple.”

Quando Jace Wilson, um rapaz de catorze anos, testemunha um homicídio brutal, é atirado para uma nova vida. Assume uma identidade falsa e esconde-se num programa de sobrevivência na natureza para adolescentes problemáticos. O plano é retirar Jace de circulação enquanto a polícia procura pelos assassinos. O resultado é o início de um pesadelo. Dois homicidas, conhecidos como os Irmãos Blackwell, eliminam de forma metódica quem quer que se atravesse no seu caminho. Tudo o que sobra entre eles e o rapaz são Ethan e Allison Serbin, responsáveis pelo programa de sobrevivência e Hannah Faber, que ocupa uma solitária torre de vigia e intermináveis quilómetros de inóspitas montanhas do Montana. O tempo está a apertar, as montanhas estão a arder e aqueles que desejam Jace Wilson morto já não estão longe.

ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY Including NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly’s story “Avalon,” soon to be adapted for television by David E. Kelley. "The very best of what crime fiction should deliver." -New York Journal of Books 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 stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there’s something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar territories who disrupt our lives with unease and wonder. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers such as Michael Connelly, Dean Koontz and Joe Hill.

The New York Times bestselling "master" (Stephen King) of American thriller writing 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 bloodstained car was found a decade ago on a lonely Florida road. Forensic evidence suggested she’d been murdered, although her body was never found. Her disappearance left her infant children to the care of their father. Once a pilot, mother, wife, and witness to a gruesome crime, Nina had to flee her old life to save her family. She reinvented herself as Leah Trenton, a guide in the Allagash Wilderness in northern Maine. She never expected to see her children again, but now tragedy has returned them to her—only they have no idea that she’s their mother—and delivered all of them back into danger. “Aunt Leah” will need some help, and an old ally has a suggestion: an enigmatic young hitman named Dax Blackwell. Never Far Away is a thrilling collision between old sins and new dreams, where the wills and ingenuity of a broken family will be tested against all odds.

Tara Beckley, étudiante, est chargée de conduire un célèbre chercheur au Hammel College, dans l’État du Maine, où il doit donner une conférence, lorsqu’elle est percutée par un véhicule. L’accident tue son passager et la laisse, elle, dans ce que ses médecins pensent être un coma. En réalité, elle est enfermée dans son propre corps, mais bel et bien consciente. Elle apprend ainsi que quelqu’un de puissant a voulu et veut toujours sa mort ... Enquêtrice pour la compagnie d’assurance de l’université, Abby Kaplan comprend vite que l’accident n’en est pas un, et se retrouve encore plus rapidement pourchassée par des tueurs professionnels de très haut niveau, dont un certain Dax Blackwell, petit prodige du crime. Commence alors une traque haletante dont l’enjeu n’est autre que Tara, la seule à pouvoir pointer les coupables du doigt. Un thriller au suspense si brillant que Stephen King n’a pas hésité à qualifier l’auteur de « maître » du genre !

FBI-Agent Rob Barrett ist zwar noch unerfahren, doch ein Naturtalent, wenn es um Verhöre geht. Als er zu einem ungeklärten Doppelmord an einem jungen Paar nach Maine beordert wird, ist er der Einzige, der die Tatverdächtige zum Sprechen bringen kann. Nach dem Geständnis scheint der Fall zunächst glasklar, aber dann findet die Polizei nach und nach Beweise, die nicht den Aussagen der Täterin entsprechen. Wieso tauchen die Leichen hundert Kilometer vom erwarteten Fundort auf? Barrett muss alle Hebel in Bewegung setzen, wenn er seinen guten Ruf nicht für immer verlieren will ...

It was a scam, but then the scam had gone horribly wrong… In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Karin Slaughter and Michael Koryta—along with their popular series characters Jeffrey Tolliver and Joe Pritchard—team up for the first time ever.

Two women fight for their lives against an enigmatic killer in this electrifying novel from a New York Times bestselling author and "master" of thriller writing (Stephen King). Tara Beckley is a senior at idyllic Hammel College in Maine. As she drives to deliver a visiting professor to a conference, a horrific car accident kills the professor and leaves Tara in a vegetative state. At least, so her doctors think. In fact, she''s a prisoner of locked-in syndrome: fully alert but unable to move a muscle. Trapped in her body, she learns that someone powerful wants her dead -- but why? And what can she do, lying in a hospital bed, to stop them? Abby Kaplan, an insurance investigator, is hired by the college to look in to Tara''s case. A former stunt driver, Abby returned home after a disaster in Hollywood left an actor dead and her own reputation -- and nerves -- shattered. Despite the fog of trauma, she can tell that Tara''s car crash was no accident. When she starts asking questions, things quickly spin out of control, leaving Abby on the run and a mysterious young hit man named Dax Blackwell hard on her heels. Full of pulse-pounding tension, If She Wakes is a searing, breakneck thriller from the genre''s "best of the best" (Michael Connelly).

Gracias a la declaración de una yonqui, el agente del FBI Rob Barrett está a punto de cerrar un caso de doble asesinato en una pequeña localidad de Maine. O, al menos, eso cree él, ya que las pruebas y las circunstancias del crimen invitan a pensar que todo ocurrió de un modo diferente al de la confesión. Con casi todo en su contra, Barrett está dispuesto a jugarse su reputación y su carrera para averiguar lo que pasó con exactitud. UNA ABSORBENTE NOVELA QUE COMBINA LO MEJOR DEL THRILLER CON UN SUSPENSE PSICOLÓGICO TURBADOR.

A boy comes of age among a family of grifters in this powerful story from a New York Times–bestselling “master” (Stephen King). Never knowing a real home, Markus Novak’s only constant in life is his passion for paperback westerns. The child of a family of outlaws, he moves through the West town by town with his mother and two uncles, staying in a place just long enough to run a short con and move along. After one job goes south and his mom gets locked up, Markus finds himself in the foster care of a rancher and his wife—with whom he’s strangely comfortable, yet torn by loyalty to the family he’s lost. To distract himself, he spends his days working the farm and his nights fixing a rusty old ’55 Chevy. Then he discovers a note from his uncles hidden in a book at a local pawnshop and learns that they are hiding out in a mountain town near Yellowstone. Restoring the car soon becomes Markus’s only hope of finding them, and maybe finally finding himself, too.

An FBI investigator must uncover the secrets of his hometown to solve a double murder in this twisty "page turner" that''s "perfect summer reading" (Stephen King). "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 role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story. Not Rob Barrett, the FBI investigator and interrogator specializing in telling a true confession from a falsehood. He''s been circling Kimberly and her conspirators for months, waiting for the right avenue to the truth, and has finally found it. He knows, as strongly as he''s known anything, that Kimberly''s story -- a grisly, harrowing story of a hit and run fueled by dope and cheap beer that becomes a brutal stabbing in cold blood -- is how it happened. But one thing remains elusive: where are Jackie and Ian''s bodies? After Barrett stakes his name and reputation on the truth of Kimberly''s confession, only to have the bodies turn up 200 miles from where she said they''d be, shot in the back and covered in a different suspect''s DNA, the case is quickly closed and Barrett forcibly reassigned. But for Howard Pelletier, the tragedy of his daughter''s murder cannot be so tidily swept away. And for Barrett, whose career may already be over, the chance to help a grieving father may be the only one he has left. How it Happened is a frightening, tension-filled ride into the dark heart of rural America from a writer Stephen King has called "a master" and the New York Times has deemed "impossible to resist."

»Fesselnd!« - Harlan Coben Seit dem Tod seiner Frau ist Markus Novak nicht mehr derselbe. Früher hat er als Ermittler unschuldig Verurteilten geholfen, aus dem Gefängnis zu kommen. Doch als der Mörder seiner Frau freigesprochen wird, ist Novak fest entschlossen, das Rechtssystem zu umgehen und den Mörder auf eigene Faust zu jagen. Dafür kehrt er an den Ort zurück, an dem seine Frau starb. Was Novak jedoch nicht weiß – der Mörder wartet bereits auf ihn ...

Collects stories written by best-selling thriller authors,11 women and 11 men partnered in male-female literary pairings, in anthology that includes contributions by such favorites as Sandra Brown, John Sandford and Eric Van Lustbader.

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, investigator Markus Novak. Now the man he believes killed her is out of prison, and draws Markus to the place he''s avoided for so long: the lonely road where his wife was shot to death beneath the cypress trees and Spanish moss in a town called Cassadaga. In Red Lodge, Montana, a senseless act of vandalism shuts the lights off in the town where Sabrina Baldwin is still trying to adjust to a new home and mourning the loss of her brother, who was a high voltage linesman just like her husband, Jay. As the spring''s final snowstorm calls Jay deeper into the mountains, chasing the destruction on the electrical grid, Sabrina is abducted by Garland Webb, the man Markus Novak believes killed his wife. Drawing them all together is a messianic villain who understands that you can never outpace your past. You can only rise against the future.

Mach dich bereit - für den letzten Tag deines Lebens An einem stürmischen Tag wird der vierzehnjährige Jace Zeuge eines brutalen Mordes. Jace kann entkommen – doch er weiß, dass die Verbrecher ihn gesehen haben. Die Blackwell-Brüder, ein psychopathisches Killer-Duo, wollen seinen Tod. Jace kann niemandem mehr vertrauen. Unter neuer Identität soll er in Montana Zuflucht finden. Ethan Serbin, ein erfahrener Überlebensspezialist, steht ihm in der gnadenlosen Bergwelt zur Seite. Derweil bahnen sich die beiden Killer ihren blutigen Weg und kreisen ihre Opfer immer weiter ein. Für Ethan und Jace beginnt ein furioser Höllenritt ... Das Buch zum Film »They Want Me Dead«! In der Hauptrolle: Angelina Jolie Mach dich bereit - für den letzten Tag deines Lebens »Der Thriller des Jahres! Wagen Sie es nicht, dieses Buch zu verpassen!« (Lee Child) »Unglaublich packend und intensiv! Michael Koryta macht süchtig, glauben Sie mir ... Aber sagen Sie später nicht, ich hätte Sie nicht gewarnt!« (Harlan Coben) »Für Koryta lege ich meine Hand ins Feuer!« (Stephen King) »Ein durchdachter, adrenalintreibender Action-Thriller, der dich eiskalt erwischt - das Spannungs-Ereignis des Jahres!« (Janet Maslin, The New York Times) »Michael Koryta ist beängstigend talentiert!« (Donald Ray Pollock) »Perfekt komponiert, brillant geschrieben - es ist unmöglich, mit dem Lesen aufzuhören. Koryta ist ein Hammer!« (Deon Meyer)

A blockbuster anthology of original, blood-curdling vampire fiction from New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors, including Charlaine Harris, whose novels were adapted into HBO’s hit show True Blood, and Scott Smith, publishing his first work since The Ruins. Before being transformed into romantic heroes and soft, emotional antiheroes, vampires were figures of overwhelming terror. Now, from some of the biggest names in horror and dark fiction, comes this stellar collection of short stories that make vampires frightening once again. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden and featuring all-new stories from such contributors as Charlaine Harris, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Scott Smith, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Kortya, Kelley Armstrong, Brian Keene, David Wellington, Seanan McGuire, and Tim Lebbon, Seize the Night is old-school vampire fiction at its finest.

Markus Novak just wants to come home. An investigator for a Florida-based Death Row defense firm, Novak''s life derailed when his wife, Lauren, was killed in the midst of a case the two were working together. Two years later, her murderer is still at large, and Novak''s attempts to learn the truth about her death through less-than-legal means and jailhouse bargaining have put his job on the line. Now he''s been all but banished, sent to Garrison, Indiana to assess a cold case that he''s certain his boss has no intention of taking. As Novak knows all too well, some crimes never do get solved. But it''s not often that the man who many believe got away with murder is the one calling for the case to be reopened. Ten years ago, a teenaged girl disappeared inside an elaborate cave system beneath rural farmland. Days later, Ridley Barnes emerged carrying Sarah Martin''s lifeless body. Barnes has claimed all along that he has no memory of exactly where -- or how -- he found Sarah. His memory of whether she was dead or alive at the time is equally foggy. Tired of living under a cloud of suspicion, he says he wants answers -- even if they mean he''ll end up in the electric chair. But what''s he really up to? And Novak knows why he''s so unhappy to be in Garrison -- but why are the locals so hostile towards him? The answers lie in the fiendish brain of a dangerous man, the real identity of a mysterious woman, and deep beneath them all, in the network of ancient, stony passages that hold secrets deadlier than he can imagine. Soon Novak is made painfully aware that if he has any chance of returning to the life and career he left behind in Florida, he''ll need to find the truth in Garrison first.

This "heart-thumping backwoods adventure" (New York Times Book Review) from bestselling author Michael Koryta will soon be a major motion picture starring Angelina Jolie and Nicholas Hoult. When fourteen-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 result is the start of a nightmare. The killers, known as the Blackwell Brothers, are slaughtering anyone who gets in their way in a methodical quest to reach him. Now all that remains between them and the boy are Ethan and Allison Serbin, who run the wilderness survival program; Hannah Faber, who occupies a lonely fire lookout tower; and endless miles of desolate Montana mountains. The clock is ticking, the mountains are burning, and those who wish Jace Wilson dead are no longer far behind. "Outstanding in every way...Don''t you dare miss it." --Lee Child

The newest thriller from Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author When fourteen-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 result is the start of a nightmare. The killers, known as the Blackwell Brothers, are slaughtering anyone who gets in their way in a methodical quest to reach him. Now all that remains between them and the boy are Ethan and Allison Serbin, who run the wilderness survival program; Hannah Faber, who occupies a lonely fire lookout tower; and endless miles of desolate Montana mountains. The clock is ticking, the mountains are burning, and those who wish Jace Wilson dead are no longer far behind.

C''est sur les champs de bataille de la Première Guerre mondiale qu''Arlen Wagner a découvert son terrible don : voir la mort dans les yeux de ceux qu''elle va frapper. Et jamais il ne se trompe. De retour dans une Amérique en paix, il n''y pense plus, jusqu''au jour où, à bord d''un train, il "voit" que tous les voyageurs sont sur le point de mourir. Seul un garçon de 19 ans croit à sa prémonition et accepte de partir avec lui. Les ennuis commencent alors pour les deux hommes, qui pensent trouver refuge dans une auberge aux abords des grands marécages de Floride, tenue par une femme à la beauté redoutable, alors qu''une gigantesque tornade menace la région. Car dans les ténèbres de ces marécages se cachent d''autres dangers plus mortels encore. Entre thriller gothique et roman noir classique à la Steinbeck ou Horace McCoy, un récit très bien mené, à l''intrigue solidement charpentée et aux dialogues ciselés.

Lincoln Perry was eens een veelbelovende rechercheur in Cleveland, tot hij ruzie kreeg met Alex Jefferson, een invloedrijke advocaat en de nieuwe echtgenoot van Perry’s ex-vrouw Karen. Inmiddels werkt Lincoln als privédetective, maar wanneer Alex dood in een weiland wordt aangetroffen, is hij de hoofdverdachte. Alex had een vermogen van vele miljoenen nagelaten aan zijn zoon, en Karen vraagt Lincoln om hem op te sporen. Terwijl Lincoln probeert de verdenkingen van de politie te weerleggen, vindt hij de zoon van Alex juist op het moment dat deze zelfmoord pleegt. Dit trekt de aandacht van een andere partij die ook interesse heeft in de erfenis. Lincoln wordt van meerdere kanten onder vuur genomen...Lincoln Perry is een klassieke antiheld die, net als de romans van Koryta, recht op zijn doel af gaat. Geen woord teveel, nergens voorspelbaar en met verrassende diepgang.

Alyssa Bradford decide presentear o marido com um documentário sobre o pai dele, Campbell Bradford, que, aos 95 anos, está à beira da morte. Para tanto, ela contrata Eric Shaw, ex-diretor de Hollywood, e fornece a ele apenas duas informações: o nome da cidade natal do sogro e o fato de ele ter guardado uma garrafa d''água por toda a vida. Ao chegar à pequena localidade em Indiana, Shaw descobre a existência de fontes minerais que prometem a cura para vários males. Mas, após beber da água considerada divina, Shaw tem terríveis alucinações e é arrastado para a sombria história local. O cineasta descobre que um antigo mal ressurgiu com total vigor, e que a água milagrosa pode ter uma origem bastante sinistra.

La vita di Eric Shaw, giovane regista di Chicago, sembra aver imboccato un''inarrestabile china discendente. Svaniti i sogni di gloria hollywoodiani, abbandonato dalla moglie, per sbarcare il lunario Eric produce filmini celebrativi per matrimoni, lauree, battesimi, funerali. Soprattutto funerali, la sua nicchia di successo. Perché, come enigmaticamente gli sussurra la sua nuova e ricca cliente Alyssa Bradford, Eric ha un dono: sa riportare in vita ciò che non esiste piú. Alyssa è la nuora di Campbell Bradford, miliardario ultranovantenne in procinto di lasciare questo mondo, la quale commissiona al regista un video che renda omaggio al suocero, al suo talento e all''immenso patrimonio da lui accumulato - piuttosto misteriosamente - dopo essere partito negli anni Venti da un minuscolo villaggio dell''Indiana. Un luogo - French Lick e la vicina West Baden - che Alyssa non esita a definire «surreale» e dove è certa che Eric, proprio grazie al suo inspiegabile intuito, riuscirà a scoprire i segreti che ammantano i primi passi dell''eccentrico miliardario. Unico indizio, che Alyssa consegna a Eric: una strana bottiglia che rimane sempre fredda, ghiacciata anche sotto il sole primaverile di Chicago. Contiene la «Pluto Water, l''acqua della salute» prodotta dalle sorgenti di West Baden e assai rinomata ai tempi di Al Capone, del Proibizionismo, e della gioventú di Bradford. Nel giro di poche ore dal suo arrivo al West Baden Springs Hotel, l''albergo dal grande tetto a cupola un tempo frequentato da presidenti e gangster e di recente ricondotto all''antico splendore, Eric, spinto da una forza sovrannaturale ad assaggiare l''oscura e repellente acqua di Campbell Bradford, cade in preda a terrificanti allucinazioni. Figure minacciose - uno spietato uomo con la bombetta, il violento gestore di una bisca, un distillatore clandestino di whisky e il suo giovane nipote analfabeta che dall''inseparabile violino trae delle note angeliche e inquietanti - appaiono davanti ai suoi occhi, come arcani segni di un male profondo da cui quel luogo sembra irrimediabilmente segnato. Terrorizzato ma ormai attratto dalle torbide vicende dei Bradford - il moribondo magnate e il suo cinico e violento nipote Josiah - e dipendente dall''acqua che gli permette di riviverle, Eric intraprende un pericoloso percorso alla ricerca del Lost River, il fiume perduto, una fonte d''acqua sotterranea che sola può portarlo a conoscere l''angosciosa e mortale verità.

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''s criminal fringes that he sometimes seems a part of them. Kent Austin is the beloved coach of the local high school football team, a religious man and hero in the community. After years of near misses, Kent''s team has a shot at the state championship, a welcome point of pride in a town that has had its share of hardships. Just before playoffs begin, the town and the team are thrown into shock when horrifically, impossibly, another teenage girl is found murdered. As details emerge that connect the crime to the Austin brothers, the two must confront their buried rage and grief-and unite to stop a killer. Michael Koryta, widely hailed as one of the most exciting thriller authors at work today, has written his greatest novel ever -- an emotionally harrowing, unstoppably suspenseful novel that Donald Ray Pollock has called "one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I''ve read in my life."

La segunda novela de Michael Koryta, protagonizada por el detective privado de Cleveland Lincoln Perry y su compañero Joe Pritchard. El investigador Lincoln Perry se enfrenta a un caso difícil. Su mejor amigo, Ed Gradduk, ha sido acusado de matar a una mujer. El propio Lincoln se siente responsable: la última vez que se vieron, Ed acabó en la cárcel por culpa suya. Pero ¿Ed, un asesino#? Lincoln decide encontrarlo y averiguar la verdad, pero Gradduk muere dejando tras de sí un nuevo enigma. Viejas rencillas, policías corruptos, políticos sin escrúpulos y una deuda de honor difícil de perdonar.

Discover a brilliant thriller set in a remote big-cat sanctuary: "one of the scariest and most touching horror tales in years" (James Patterson). 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 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 a brilliant 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." "The Ridge is a classic ghost story, penned by a master. I couldn''t put it down, even though I almost screamed when the wind blew a branch against the tree outside my study. Yes, it''s that scary." --Stephen King

El debut de un autor que llega para revolucionar la novela negra. Cuando aparece el cadáver del investigador privado Wayne Weston en su casa en lo que parece ser un suicidio, y su mujer y su hija de cinco años desaparecen sin dejar rastro, Lincoln Perry y su compañero son contratados por el padre de Weston para limpiar el nombre de su hijo. Descubrirán rápidamente que el caso tiene raíces más profundas y oscuras de lo que pretende la prensa y el FBI: ciertos rumores de extorsión y de deudas en las apuestas,extraños vínculos profesionales con el magnate de la zona y un grupo de rusos conectados con el crimen. Reseña: «Michael Koryta hace un debut impresionante.» Midwest Book Review

Pour faire un cadeau à son mari, Alyssa Bradford demande au vidéaste Eric Shaw de réaliser un documentaire sur son beau-père, Campbell Bradford, un millionnaire de quatre-vingt-quinze ans au passé mystérieux. Shaw accepte, Alyssa lui confiant alors une bouteille d’« Eau de Pluton » que le vieil homme a conservée toute sa vie et dont, curieux, Eric boit quelques gorgées. Arrivé à French Lick, Indiana – la ville natale de Bradford –, le vidéaste découvre un superbe hôtel récemment restauré, où les célébrités des années vingt venaient profiter des bienfaits d’eaux censées soigner tous les maux. Et presque aussitôt, il a une vision terrifiante. Les jours passant, ses hallucinations, toutes liées à l’Eau du Pluton, ne feront que s’amplifier et, un détail vérifié après l’autre, lui révéler le passé tumultueux et violent de cette vallée de la Rivière Perdue sur laquelle Campbell régnait jadis en maître. Se pourrait-il qu’un mal depuis longtemps oublié ait été, comme l’hôtel, ramené à la vie ?

A journey to Florida''s coast becomes an inescapable nightmare in this supernatural thriller from international bestselling author 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 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).