... but we don't, so we'll get down to the hard work of selecting a winner from this contest to win a signed Advance Reader's Copy of Reed's upcoming INNOCENT MONSTER. Some of our favorites:

Entry 1
A new Moe Prager by Reed Farrel Coleman is a reason for celebration. Prager is a different sort of investigator, and Coleman's handling of his stories is as good as any writing anywhere.

Entry 6
Reed Farrel Coleman who? Oh, that guy! Well, first off Moe is is not your normal superhero detective, he is kind of a normal guy who acts responsibly which makes him great. One of the top five series that I read over and over again just to gain perspective. And that Coleman fella, he's kind of nice guy too.....

Entry 13
The Moe Prager books are like a drug to me – highly addictive with enough ups and downs to challenge a theme park. The 6th instalment exemplifies all that is noir in a traditionally dark setting and a protagonist in the true hardboiled façade – I have to get my hands on this book! So much so I created a blog ‘noirfictionaddict.blogspot.com’ to give me more of a chance!

Entry 18
Why I'd love this book...
I'm a UK based fan of Moe Prager. I first discovered Moe through a recommendation on a web site - though I no longer recall which site - and tracked Walking the Perfect Square with some difficulty, given Reed didn't have a book selling deal for the UK. I was instantly entranced and sought out imported versions of the remaining books in the series.
I'm a fan of crime fiction and I'd put Moe up there with the very best including Block's Matt Scudder, the inspiration for this series. For me stories are all about the characters and in this series Reed has introduced people I just love spending time with. The plots are satisfyingly complex and and the action and settings are autobiographical enough (particularly Redemption Street)to give an insight into the life of the author too.
I can't wait for the new book and to have a copy signed by Reed would just be a dream!

Entry 19
Why would I want the #6 Moe novel? Because Reed Farrel Coleman has made me one of his devoted readers. I've Walked the Perfect Square right down Redemption Street. The James Deans saw me walking from their Soul Patch, and waiting for this next book has made me feel Empty Ever After. There is an empty spot on my bookshelf next to the other five just waiting.....

Entry 20
I love Reed Farrel Coleman's books first for the language. He invented the term "rage cheetah" in The Tower (a non-Moe book with Ken Bruen) to describe a character's quick to anger temperment. I passed it on (with attribution) to my wife who is a psychologist who thought it applied to a number of her patients. The Moe books are great because Moe is an every day guy from whom you could imagine buying a bottle of wine, not some ubermensch with awesome powers of deduction and the ability to kick ass on everybody who gets in his way. The books are populated with "real" characters not cartoon cardboard cutouts. Can't wait to meet the Innocent Monster.

Entry 21
Answer to Q1: Reed Farrel Coleman (spelled correctly, please note) rocks the PI genre.
Q2: What do you like about Moe Prager books?
Because the stories aren't only about solving mysteries, but also about delving into the mystery of Moe Prager. 

Iterative editing is my term for what Reed Farrel Coleman talked about in his session on revision at MWA University earlier this month. It means that you don't just write and move on; you keep going back over what you've already written, polishing and revising. On days when you're having trouble getting started, rereading and editing what you did over the last few days can get the motor going.  And it means that by the time you finish the book, most of it has been slowly polished and revised into pretty good shape. - Donna Andrews, Femmes Fatales

A few weeks ago I told everyone to go see the great movie “Winter’s Bone” and wondered why Daniel Woodrell, who wrote the novel, is not as popular as James Ellroy or James Lee Burke. David Thompson, the publisher of Busted Flush Press, saw the post and sent copies of two of Woodrell’s earlier novels. “Tomato Red” is just out with a new foreword by Megan Abbott and “The Death of Sweet Mister” is coming in March with a new foreword by Dennis Lehane.

I started “Tomato Red” last night and was knocked out by the voice and the way Woodrell sustains it while pulling readers into a plot that’s sure to thicken. I can’t wait to finish it and read “The Death of Sweet Mister,” and I encourage everyone who likes crime fiction to check out some of the other titles from Busted Flush Press, which specializes in reprints and also publishes original fiction. Its authors include Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Daniel Handler and Vicki Hendricks. - Jeff Baker, The Oregonian

There's one signed advance readers' copy of INNOCENT MONSTER, the highly anticipated sixth Moe Prager book, up for grabs. (The book won't be released until Oct. 5.) Just go over to Sara J. Henry's blog and post a comment to enter - and spread the word about the contest. And if you'd like to host Reed on his blog tour, leave a note or send a Tweet to @ReedFColeman.

The book will be signed by Reed Farrel Coleman, to you personally (or to whomever you like).

Reed Farrel Coleman (and some other people), Muskego, Wisconsin, Murder and Mayhem, Nov. 13. Be there.