A Welcome Grave Audiobook

Quotes

• “For a while now, Michael Koryta has been called one of the rising young talents in crime fiction. I say enough of that. A Welcome Grave proves the promise. Koryta is one of the best of the best, plain and simple. With stories like this, his Lincoln Perry is going to be around for a long, long time.”

  — Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author

• “Stylish prose…well observed.”

  — New York Times

• “Addictively readable.”

  — Chicago Tribune

• “Edgar-finalist Koryta stakes a claim as one of today’s preeminent crafters of contemporary hard-boiled mysteries…His haunting writing and logical, sophisticated plotting rival that of established stalwarts like Loren Estleman.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “With the publication of A Welcome Grave, it’s time to stop referring to Michael Koryta as a boy wonder and just focus on the sheer wonder of his storytelling. Koryta knows how to put his characters—and his readers—into an ever-tightening vise of twists, turns, and conspiracies, but it’s his empathy that makes his work stand out. This is a nuanced, mature novel that proves both the depth of Koryta’s talent and the vitality of the PI genre.”

  — Laura Lippman, Edgar Award winner and author of No Good Deeds

• “In the last few years, new writing talent has entered all subgenres of crime fiction. One of the names at the top of the list is Michael Koryta. He is a breath of fresh air, his writing is clear and concise, his observations on the darkness of the human condition show how the PI novel is one of the finest forms in all of fiction writing…Mr. Koryta is on his way to being a master of the PI novel, sacred ground indeed.”

  — Richard Katz, Mystery One Bookstore

• “Koryta’s third Lincoln Perry novel is given a first-rate rendition by Scott Brick…Brick adds a shade of guilt to the detective’s already downbeat first-person account. And…Brick is especially successful in voicing the supporting players, capturing the halting uncertainty of Perry’s partner, Joe Pritchard, wounded in body and spirit from a previous adventure, and a hint of honor in the heavily accented, unemotional speech of Thor, a cold-blooded Russian mob enforcer who assists Perry in a time of need.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Scott Brick’s well-crafted performance gives listeners a realistic portrait of [PI Lincoln] Perry, as well as the voices of his partner and his girlfriend. His best character, hands down, is that of the stoic Russian gangster, Thor, whose assistance saves the day. Fans of PI fiction will thoroughly enjoy this excellent production.”

  — AudioFile

• “The best entry yet in Kortya’s Lincoln Perry private eye series…A Welcome Grave showcases his accomplished writing skills. Highly recommended.”

  — Library Journal

• “[A] top-notch thriller.”

  — Booklist

• “Sentence for polished sentence, no one in the genre writes better.”

  — Kirkus Reviews