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By Michael Koryta

On Sale: Sep 22, 2026
Page Count: 416 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13: 9780316535984

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The Four Winds meets Bonnie and Clyde in this exhilarating historical thriller in which an unforgettable mother races to find the gangster she once loved—before the law gets to him first.

"Die Famous is the best gangster novel I’ve ever read." —Stephen King

“I loved the man and I wanted to kill him. What’s so hard to understand about that?”

On the day Savannah Cody spots her first gray hair, she decides it’s time to murder the father of her only child. Edward “Nickel” Terhune is the getaway driver for the Brady Gang, one of the FBI’s most wanted criminals—with an enticing bounty set on his head. Dragging her son, Alford, and her father, Wendell, a retired railroad detective, along for the quest, Savannah embarks to find the man she once loved and the nation now fears, journeying across an America transformed by the Great Depression. But Alford—and soon, the FBI—notice that the closer the family gets to Nickel, the less clear Savannah’s motivations seem to be.

As the Brady Gang races to escape the law—or get rich trying—Nickel realizes he might not be able to outrun his mistakes. He dreams of a route that will lead him to peace, but no map shows one like that. Will Savannah find him before the police do? And if so, who will return home alive?

Cleverly layered and emotionally taut, perfect for readers of The Lincoln Highway, The Frozen River, and The Alice Network, Die Famous follows a remarkable family as they race toward an impossible reunion—and asks us to consider where our own loyalties lie when ambition, devotion, and truth mean something different to each person telling the story.

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Michael Koryta is a New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels—including Those Who Wish Me Dead, which has been adapted into a film starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Taylor Sheridan. His previous novels were New York Times notable books, national bestsellers, and have won numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Koryta is a former private investigator and newspaper reporter. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Camden, Maine.

“Die Famous is the best gangster novel I’ve ever read. These aren’t your Mafia goodfellas; they are the hardcase bank thieves who roamed from Indiana to Maine in the 1930s. The writing is first class, and the action is nonstop. You’ll think of Larry McMurtry and John Toland (who gets a shout-out here).”
Stephen King
"As carefully distilled as a batch of moonshine, Die Famous juxtaposes shootouts, narrow escapes, vengeance, and justice against a backdrop of family bonds, loyalty, love, and motherhood. Capped off with an ending you won’t see coming, this story will send you careening down the back roads, hanging on by your fingernails until the final page."
Lisa Wingate, author of Before We Were Yours and The Book of Lost Friends
“This enthralling historical thriller from Koryta follows a gangster, his sweetheart, and their son. . . . Koryta tells much of the tale via a conversation between Savannah and an FBI agent on the eve of her execution; her voice is tart and quick, but gradual cracks reveal her deep wells of emotion. The other leads are equally well drawn, and though the story’s heartbreak is obvious from the start, the pages fly by. This is an excellent bet for fans of William Kent Krueger’s historical novels.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Die Famous put readers in the passenger seat for a cross-country crime spree with some of history's most notorious gangsters. Told through the eyes of one remarkable woman on a mission to either destroy or rescue the man she once loved, this riveting, vividly-written novel surprised me at every turn. A thrilling, suspenseful, and surprisingly poignant tale of the paper-thin veil separating love and hate.”
Marie Bostwick, author of The Book Club for Troublesome Women

Michael Koryta

About the Author

Michael Koryta is the New York Times bestselling author of 12 suspense novels, including Rise the Dark, Last Words, Those Who Wish Me Dead, The Prophet, The Ridge, and So Cold The River. His work has been praised by Stephen King, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, Daniel Woodrell, Ron Rash, and Scott Smith among many others, and has been translated into more than 20 languages. His books have won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar® Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and the Golden Dagger.

Before turning to writing full-time, Koryta worked as a private investigator, a newspaper reporter, and taught at the Indiana University School of Journalism. Koryta’s first novel, the Edgar-nominated Tonight I Said Goodbye, was accepted for publication when he was 20 years old. He wrote his first two published novels before graduating from college, and was published in nearly 10 languages before he fulfilled the “writing requirement ” classes required for his diploma.

Koryta was raised in Bloomington, Indiana, where he graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Koryta and his wife, Christine, divide their time between Bloomington and Camden, Maine, with a cranky cat named Marlowe, an emotionally disturbed cat named John Pryor (named after the gravestone on which he was found as an abandoned kitten), and a dog of unknown heritage named Lola.

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