“Untamed Coast is a bold, intricately plotted debut unfolding against the beauty and danger of the Alaskan wilderness. A 1930s radio operator runs a scam skimming stolen gold; a 1980s fishing-boat wife struggles to survive an abusive marriage; and a grieving widower in the modern day answers a distress call that leads him to a disturbing pattern of missing women. The timelines coil, the intrigue mounts, but it’s Kevin C. Morris‘s vivid evocation of Alaska’s savage beauty that truly shines, inviting you to marvel at the raging seas and looming glaciers, the soaring eagles and breaching whales. You’ll be booking a ticket to the Inside Passage before you’ve flipped the final page.”

—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author

“A page-turner of a mystery with marvelous characters and a pitch-perfect ending. Kevin C. Morris is a writer to watch.” 

—Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author

“In this salty, action-packed novel, Kevin Morris writes thrillingly of the wild seas and stunning beauty of the Alaskan coast with sharp detail drawn from his own experience. Inspired by long-buried history, Untamed Coast spins a tale of lonely miners and hardened fisherfolk drawn to desperate measures in harrowing conditions. The insatiable greed for gold propels this story across the decades from the 1930s to the present, in a compelling tale of shady disappearances, murder, and one man’s solitary pursuit of the truth.”  

—Kate Manning, author of Gilded Mountain