A Welcome Grave
On sale
8th November 2012
Price: £8.99
Genre
Lincoln Perry was once a rising star on the Cleveland police force, until he was kicked out after he got in a fight with Alex Jefferson, the millionaire his fiancée left him for. When Jefferson is tortured and murdered, it isn’t long before the police are at Lincoln’s door asking questions.
Things go from bad to worse when Lincoln agrees to do a favour for Jefferson’s widow – to track down the dead man’s son who has unknowingly inherited his millions. What should be a routine search for a missing person ends with the son’s body lying in the morgue and Lincoln in jail.
Lincoln realises that Jefferson’s millions are the target of a thirst for revenge that hasn’t been satisfied by blood. But soon Lincoln is being pursued by a pair of deadly assailants and under pressure from the police, who are determined to put him back behind bars, if he survives long enough to make it there . . .
Things go from bad to worse when Lincoln agrees to do a favour for Jefferson’s widow – to track down the dead man’s son who has unknowingly inherited his millions. What should be a routine search for a missing person ends with the son’s body lying in the morgue and Lincoln in jail.
Lincoln realises that Jefferson’s millions are the target of a thirst for revenge that hasn’t been satisfied by blood. But soon Lincoln is being pursued by a pair of deadly assailants and under pressure from the police, who are determined to put him back behind bars, if he survives long enough to make it there . . .
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Koryta stakes a claim as one of today's preeminent crafters of contemporary hard-boiled mysteries.
A nuanced, mature novel that proves both the depth of Koryta's talent and the vitality of the PI genre.
Koryta is one of the best of the best
No one in the genre writes better.
[A] top-notch thriller.
Stylish . . . well-observed.
The appeal of Koryta's addictively readable narrative comes from his remarkably realistic portrayal of not only individuals but circumstances as well. There are no stereotypical characters, no predictable plot lines; like life, nothing is pure black or white but varying shades of gray.
One of the best P.I.-against-the-world books I've read in a long, long time. Koryta's dialogue remains vivid and his characters sharp as a diamond drill bit.
A WELCOME GRAVE is much more than a well-written and suspenseful mystery. It is a fictional snapshot depicting how law enforcement and legal machines can be manipulated to favor the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor and powerless - and the innocent. Michael Koryta has crafted an exciting novel with carefully rendered characters, even secondary ones, who will remain with the reader long after turning the last page.
Michael Koryta is one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.
[Koryta] possesses an unusual gift - the ability to write a sure-fire bestseller.
On my must-read list.
Michael Koryta is one of our new dynamos in the world of books . . . [he's] becoming a wonder we'll appreciate for a long time.