"The gangster novel that I didn't know I needed. This story of a reluctant getaway driver, the woman who loves him, and their observant son accomplishes the near-impossible: it is both big-hearted and thrilling as a car chase. I loved this perfectly written tommy gun of a novel."

“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.”

"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."

“Michael Koryta, always a stellar read, has really outdone himself. The depth to which he goes for his full panoply of players is remarkable. And the atmosphere he creates made me keep looking around to make sure I was still safely ensconced in the twenty-first century. I rooted for and against so many different characters, which is a mark of the gifted storyteller, in making fiction seem more real than real is. This will be the bar to which other historical crime fiction will be measured, and I do not say that lightly. In fact, I’ve never said it before, but I will say this: Read Die Famous the moment it comes out.”

“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.”