Tyrus Books, 2012
"...noir poet laureate Reed Farrel Coleman..."-Huffington Post
The other night at the Edgar banquet, I sat and listened to Dennis Lehane’s acceptance speech when he won the Edgar® Award for Best Novel. The unscripted speech was very moving in an unexpected way. There was Dennis, standing at the podium, dumbfounded, gathering himself, turning the statuette to face him, and introducing himself to Poe. Great moment...
Click here for a link to Reed's complete May 14th post on Janet Rudolph's MYSTERY FANFARE blog.
Today's image: The cover of ONION STREET by Reed Farrel Coleman
“No, this was Brooklyn. We liked our scars. We wore our failures with pride. We lived in a world of what used to be and what would be no more.” –from Onion Street
It's 1967 and Moe Prager is wandering aimlessly through his college career and his life. All that changes when his girlfriend Mindy is viciously beaten into a coma and left to die on the snow-covered streets of Brooklyn. Suddenly, Moe has purpose. He is determined to find out who's done this to Mindy and why. But Mindy is not the only person in Moe's life who's in danger. Someone is also trying to kill his best and oldest friend, Bobby Friedman. Moe will risk everything to find the answers. He will travel from the pot-holed pavement of Brighton Beach to the Pocono Mountains to the runways at Kennedy Airport. But no matter how far he goes or how fast he gets there, all roads lead to Onion Street.
Advance praise for Onion Street:
“…Few writers working in any genre offer tales with such moral complexity, dark humor, and, most of all, heart.”--Megan Abbott, Edgar® Award-winning author of DARE ME
“Edgar-finalist Coleman’s outstanding eighth Moe Prager mystery (after 2011’s Hurt Machine) explains how the NYPD detective turned PI became a cop...The twists and turns are unpredictable, but Coleman pulls everything together by the end.” – from Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
“Coleman’s latest—a prequel to the award-winning Moe Prager series—is a slam-dunk recommendation for readers drawn to smart, gritty, crime fiction with label-defying characters…Exposing a well-loved character’s backstory can be risky, but Coleman manages the trick just fine, with setting and character nicely balancing plot and action.”— from Booklist, starred review
“VERDICT - The eighth outing (after Hurt Machine) for PI (and former NYPD cop) Moe Prager makes an effective coming-of-age prequel, explaining how he got into police work in the first place. Coleman has won multiple awards for his gritty but soulful series, and this entry is of that same high caliber. Don’t miss it." — from Library Journal
Where to preorder Onion Street:
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Today's image: Reed at Detective John Roe’s “Walkout” ceremony in October 2012.
“No, this was Brooklyn. We liked our scars. We wore our failures with pride. We lived in a world of what used to be and what would be no more.” –from Onion Street
It's 1967 and Moe Prager is wandering aimlessly through his college career and his life. All that changes when his girlfriend Mindy is viciously beaten into a coma and left to die on the snow-covered streets of Brooklyn. Suddenly, Moe has purpose. He is determined to find out who's done this to Mindy and why. But Mindy is not the only person in Moe's life who's in danger. Someone is also trying to kill his best and oldest friend, Bobby Friedman. Moe will risk everything to find the answers. He will travel from the pot-holed pavement of Brighton Beach to the Pocono Mountains to the runways at Kennedy Airport. But no matter how far he goes or how fast he gets there, all roads lead to Onion Street.
Advance praise for Onion Street:
“…Few writers working in any genre offer tales with such moral complexity, dark humor, and, most of all, heart.”--Megan Abbott, Edgar® Award-winning author of DARE ME
“Edgar-finalist Coleman’s outstanding eighth Moe Prager mystery (after 2011’s Hurt Machine) explains how the NYPD detective turned PI became a cop...The twists and turns are unpredictable, but Coleman pulls everything together by the end.” – from Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
“Coleman’s latest—a prequel to the award-winning Moe Prager series—is a slam-dunk recommendation for readers drawn to smart, gritty, crime fiction with label-defying characters…Exposing a well-loved character’s backstory can be risky, but Coleman manages the trick just fine, with setting and character nicely balancing plot and action.”— from Booklist, starred review
“VERDICT - The eighth outing (after Hurt Machine) for PI (and former NYPD cop) Moe Prager makes an effective coming-of-age prequel, explaining how he got into police work in the first place. Coleman has won multiple awards for his gritty but soulful series, and this entry is of that same high caliber. Don’t miss it." — from Library Journal
Where to preorder Onion Street:
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Today's image: November 12, 1966 - Last remaining building at Steeplechase Amusement Park is demolished
“No, this was Brooklyn. We liked our scars. We wore our failures with pride. We lived in a world of what used to be and what would be no more.” –from Onion Street
It's 1967 and Moe Prager is wandering aimlessly through his college career and his life. All that changes when his girlfriend Mindy is viciously beaten into a coma and left to die on the snow-covered streets of Brooklyn. Suddenly, Moe has purpose. He is determined to find out who's done this to Mindy and why. But Mindy is not the only person in Moe's life who's in danger. Someone is also trying to kill his best and oldest friend, Bobby Friedman. Moe will risk everything to find the answers. He will travel from the pot-holed pavement of Brighton Beach to the Pocono Mountains to the runways at Kennedy Airport. But no matter how far he goes or how fast he gets there, all roads lead to Onion Street.
Advance praise for Onion Street:
“…Few writers working in any genre offer tales with such moral complexity, dark humor, and, most of all, heart.”--Megan Abbott, Edgar® Award-winning author of DARE ME
“Edgar-finalist Coleman’s outstanding eighth Moe Prager mystery (after 2011’s Hurt Machine) explains how the NYPD detective turned PI became a cop...The twists and turns are unpredictable, but Coleman pulls everything together by the end.” – from Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
“Coleman’s latest—a prequel to the award-winning Moe Prager series—is a slam-dunk recommendation for readers drawn to smart, gritty, crime fiction with label-defying characters…Exposing a well-loved character’s backstory can be risky, but Coleman manages the trick just fine, with setting and character nicely balancing plot and action.”— from Booklist, starred review
“VERDICT - The eighth outing (after Hurt Machine) for PI (and former NYPD cop) Moe Prager makes an effective coming-of-age prequel, explaining how he got into police work in the first place. Coleman has won multiple awards for his gritty but soulful series, and this entry is of that same high caliber. Don’t miss it." — from Library Journal
Where to preorder Onion Street:
Link to today’s original image source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8466010/A-history-of-Coney-Island-in-pictures.html?image=15
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