Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is one of the best chase-and-escape novels you’ll read this year-or any other year. The pace never lets up.

I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

…made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.