So Cold the River

Koryta, Michael

Michael Koryta's novels have won the LA Times Book Prize and the Great Lakes Book Award and been nominated for the Edgar, Shamus, Quill and Barry awards. A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, he published his first novel at the age of twenty-one. His work has been translated into twenty languages.

Visit Michael Koryta's website at www.michaelkoryta.com and follow Michael on Twitter @mjkoryta

'The atmosphere seeps over you like a November fog, dousing the sunlight and ushering you into the clammy darkness. It's a great British debut from a genuine spookmeister.' -- Daily Mail 'Calculatingly spooky' -- New York Times 'An icy, terrifying winner. SO COLD THE RIVER puts an October chill in your blood by the end of the first chapter. It's not much longer before you've turned on all the lights and rechecked all the window locks. Few novelists warrant mention alongside Stephen King or Peter Straub. Michael Koryta, however, earns comparison to both.' -- Dennis Lehane 'Fascinating. Put simply it meets the hype.' -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer 'This book builds like a summer storm. Beautiful to watch until it shakes the house and knocks out the lights ... Masterful.' -- Michael Connelly 'A superior specimen ... Koryta sets a beautiful scene, resplendent with dreamy images of phantom railroad trains and ghosts who wear bowler hats and play the violin' -- New York Times Book Review 'Like King's 'Overlook', Kortya's West Baden Springs is a real spa-hotel with real history. But if you stay there, for God's sake, don't drink the water! ... Fright-inducing fiction worthy of our time, attention, and real enjoyment' -- Dan Simmons, author of The Terror and Drood 'Fast-paced and action-packed, SO COLD THE RIVER is good, unclean fun. Like Joe Hill, Michael Koryta is infusing the old-school supernatural horror novel with new blood. Drink up!' -- Stewart O'Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying 'A great story, but what held me was the lean, clean prose and the sharp presentation of scenes and dialogue. Michael Koryta is a good story teller and a wonderful stylist.' -- Joe R. Lansdale 'Michael Koryta is a gifted storyteller. His writing reminded me of the great Ruth Rendell - eerie, suspenseful, and pleasantly wicked.' -- Scott Smith, author of A Simple Plan 'Koryta is one of the best of the best, plain and simple' -- Michael Connelly 'A chilling supernatural tale ... Koryta's