

“ Man on the Run grips you from the opening page and doesn’t let go. “Smart, sly and compelling, with a fascinating main character-the very definition of intelligent suspense.” -Lee Child Salzberg’s superb Man on the Run will keep your head spinning from the first page to the last.” -Reed Farrel Coleman “One part heist movie, one part psychological thriller, three parts great character and blend.


At the same time, he’s approached by a mysterious attorney who makes Hoyt an offer he can’t refuse: break into a “mob bank,” and liberate the contents. After walking away from his arraignment in a Connecticut courtroom, he’s now a fugitive who has to figure out what he’s going to do with the rest of his life.Īnd so, he heads west, to Los Angeles, where he meets Dakota, a young true crime podcaster who happens to be doing a series on Hoyt. Master burglar Francis Hoyt is on the run. His freelance work has appeared in such publications as Esquire, New York Magazine, GQ, Elle, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Times Arts and Leisure section, The New York Times Book Review, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

He is a consulting editor at the webzine and co-host, with Jonathan Kravetz, of the reading series, Trumpet Fiction, at KGB in New York City. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, the Writer's Voice, and the New York Writers Workshop, where he is a Founding Member. He has been a Visiting Professor at the S.I. His non-fiction books include: On A Clear Day They Could See Seventh Place: Baseball's 10 Worst Teams of the Century From Set Shot to Slam Dunk, An Oral History of the NBA and co-author of My Zany Life and Times, by Soupy Sales Catch Them Being Good and The Mad Fisherman. He is the author of the Henry Swann detective series: Swann Dives In Swann's Last Song, which was nominated for a Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel and the upcoming Swann's Lake of Despair. His new novel, Devil in the Hole, a gripping work of literary crime fiction based on the notorious John List murders, is on shelves now. Charles Salzberg is a novelist, a journalist, and an acclaimed writing instructor.
