An Honest Man
A Novel

Loved-loved this book. This book is not like your normal thriller, it has great depth. During book signings (mostly at Barnes and Nobles) I have the opportunity to talk to readers. I watch them as they move through the piles making their choices. What readers do most often is pick up a book and thumb......more

Israel Pike returns to Salvation Point Island after spending time in prison for killing his father a decade before. Was it murder or an accident? When Israel discovers seven men murdered aboard their yacht, including two Senate rivals Israel is regarded as suspect number one, thanks in part to Israe......more

A real thrill ride! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I had never read any of Michael Koryta’s books until Mulholland Books/Hachette Book Group generously gifted me several ARCs, including “An Honest Man”. This suspenseful thriller is action-packed and fast-paced. I found myself rooting for Israel, despite him being a murderer. C......more

Audiobook. Excellent narration by Robert Petkoff (other than the rather troubling Quebecois accents). This was a true blue, old-fashioned, character-driven thriller that simultaneously thrilled and gutted me. Israel and Lyman were heroes in their own tragic stories and I, for one, was rooting for the......more

Michael Koryta is a competent craftsman, but his oeuvre on balance often fades to me as more careerist than inspired. One exception that kept me reading him was THE PROPHET, and AN HONEST MAN is the first since that 2012 novel to approach that book’s standard of a sting sense of place combined with......more