Tonight I Said Goodbye is a gripping mystery thriller and the debut novel by award-winning author Michael Koryta, introducing one of crime fiction’s most compelling private investigator duos. When Wayne Weston, a successful defense contractor, is found dead under suspicious circumstances and his wife and young daughter vanish without a trace, rookie private investigators Lincoln Perry and Joe Pritchard are hired to find out what really happened. What begins as a missing persons case quickly spirals into a dangerous labyrinth of organized crime, government secrets, and deadly betrayal that takes them far beyond the streets of Cleveland.
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Michael Koryta brings a rare maturity and confidence to this debut, crafting a procedural thriller that feels both authentic and cinematic, with sharp dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and characters who feel genuinely human under pressure. Lincoln Perry is a protagonist worth following: a former police officer with a sharp moral compass who refuses to stop digging even when the threats against him become very real. The novel masterfully balances the mechanics of a tightly plotted mystery with emotional stakes that keep readers deeply invested from the first chapter to the shocking conclusion. For fans of hard-boiled detective fiction and intelligent crime thrillers, Tonight I Said Goodbye is a powerful, page-turning introduction to a remarkable voice in American mystery writing.
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