Meet Bryan Michael

Crime Thriller author. Former journalist. Debut thriller coming soon.

Bryan Michael is a former journalist whose work has appeared in Men’s Journal, VinePair, and Beer Advocate.

He lives in North Carolina with his family, where he spends his free time coaching his son’s go-kart racing, enjoying craft beer, and tending the backyard smoker.

Blood Debt—a crime thriller about how far a family will go to protect the truths that could destroy them—debuts summer 2025.

A profile picture of author Bryan Michael - a smiling man with a beard and short hair wearing a white shirt standing on a busy city street at dusk.
Book cover for 'Blood Debt' by Bryan Michael, featuring a dark cloudy sky, a large mansion, and two police cars with flashing red and blue lights parked in front.

Blood Debt

miller family thriller Book 1

Brady and Claire Miller lie passed out in bed when the security alarm shatters the peace of their country club mansion. Brady acts fast and kills the man. But was it self-defense?

Claire thinks so. What she doesn’t know is that Brady has been secretly laundering money for a violent street gang. He’s stolen from them—and they’ve come to collect.

The gang wants blood. A rogue detective wants Brady in handcuffs. And Brady must decide: protect himself or save his family.