Envy the Night
On sale
2nd January 2014
Price: £8.99
LA Times Book Prize, 2008
It’s been seven years since Frank discovered his father’s dark secret: that he was a U.S. Marshal a contract killer who committed suicide to avoid prosecution. Now Devin Matteson the man who betrayed his father – drawing him into the killing game and then handing him over to the FBI – is coming home to the Wisconsin lake that was once hallowed ground for both families. But this is a homecoming Frank knows he cannot allow.
But when Frank arrives at Matteson’s old cabin he finds only a strange beautiful woman and a nervous man with a gun; Matteson is nowhere to be seen. When a pair of deadly assassins arrive on the scene the sensible thing would be for Frank to contact the police but Frank’s father was nothing if not a good teacher and his son a willing pupil . . .
But when Frank arrives at Matteson’s old cabin he finds only a strange beautiful woman and a nervous man with a gun; Matteson is nowhere to be seen. When a pair of deadly assassins arrive on the scene the sensible thing would be for Frank to contact the police but Frank’s father was nothing if not a good teacher and his son a willing pupil . . .
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Reviews
A tour de force of character, dialogue, and deep, dark plotting. This is a young author who writes well beyond his years, and this is his best yet.
With ENVY THE NIGHT, Koryta earns a seat at the high table of neo-noir crime writers.
A heart-pounding thriller.
Superb writing and storytelling . . . his best work to date.
Koryta's dialogue is as sharp as the knives his characters wield, and his plot twists at the most unexpected moments. This thriller places Koryta solidly in the company of the genre's most powerful voices.
Michael Koryta is one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.
Koryta knows how to build tension and create a febrile atmosphere . . . a writer to watch.
[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.