THE JAMES DEANS It's 1983, but beneath the facade of junk bonds and easy money, New York remains a gritty metropolis. Moe Prager, ex NYPD cop turned reluctant PI, is too busy reeling from a family tragedy to see what's coming. Moira Heaton, a young intern for an up-and-coming politico, has fallen off the face of the earth. Although there is no evidence linking the politician to her disappearance, vicious rumors swirl about his involvement. Moe, along with a rag tag team of cops, ex-cops, a US marshal, and an alcoholic reporter, uncover the truth of Moira's disappearance. But when Moe chips further beneath the surface, he stumbles upon an older, more heinous crime. * Winner of a Barry Award for Best Paperback * * Winner of a Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original * * Winner of an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original * * Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original * * Nominated for a Gumshoe Award for Best Mystery * * Nominated for a Macavity Award for Best Novel * (Book 3 in the Moe Prager series) Rights Information Publisher: Plume, Paperback (January 25, 2005) Busted Flush Press, Paperback reprint (January 19, 2009) Thorndike Press, Large print edition (Forthcoming) Territory: World Rights Available: Film/TV; Translation Reviews: "all will cheer the likable, virtuous Prager." - Publishers Weekly "It's one of my favorite books of the year, in part because of a plot that's full of unexpected surprises." - Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind "I loved this book and its characters. Moe is a great one, beautifully rendered and very believable." - Independent Mystery Booksellers Association "A good story told well, and characters that make you feel something about them; Coleman has put it all together." - Deb Jones, Roundtablereviews.com "Moe is a character to savor and Coleman? He's an author to watch." - Ruth Jordan, Crime Spree Magazine "the twists and reversals are expertly done, and Moe’s voice, which mixes Jewish intellectual with cop smarts, is company worth keeping." - Houston Chronicle Blurbs: "Moe Prager is my kind of private eye." - Bestselling author Michael Connelly "Moe Prager is a far from perfect hero, but an utterly appealing one. Let’s hope...for many, many more cases." - Bestselling author Laura Lippman "some writers can make you feel that they have inhabited their characters to a degree associated with demonic possession, but Reed Farrel Coleman’s gift is to graft that sensation onto the reader, so that he or she feels they’re wearing the character like skin...[The James Deans is] "how books are supposed to be." - Declan Burke "Reed Farrel Coleman goes right to the darkest corners of the human heart—to the obsessions, the tragedies, the buried secrets from the past." - Edgar-award winning author Steve Hamilton "Moe Prager is a thinking man’s P.I." - Edgar-award winning author S.J. Rozan Purchase at Amazon.com

THE JAMES DEANS

It's 1983, but beneath the facade of junk bonds and easy money, New York remains a gritty metropolis. Moe Prager, ex NYPD cop turned reluctant PI, is too busy reeling from a family tragedy to see what's coming.

Moira Heaton, a young intern for an up-and-coming politico, has fallen off the face of the earth. Although there is no evidence linking the politician to her disappearance, vicious rumors swirl about his involvement. Moe, along with a rag tag team of cops, ex-cops, a US marshal, and an alcoholic reporter, uncover the truth of Moira's disappearance. But when Moe chips further beneath the surface, he stumbles upon an older, more heinous crime.

* Winner of a Barry Award for Best Paperback *
* Winner of a Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original *
* Winner of an Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original *
* Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original *
* Nominated for a Gumshoe Award for Best Mystery *
* Nominated for a Macavity Award for Best Novel *

(Book 3 in the Moe Prager series)

Rights Information

Publisher: Plume, Paperback (January 25, 2005)
Busted Flush Press, Paperback reprint (January 19, 2009)
Thorndike Press, Large print edition (Forthcoming)

Territory: World

Rights Available: Film/TV; Translation

Reviews:
"all will cheer the likable, virtuous Prager." - Publishers Weekly

"It's one of my favorite books of the year, in part because of a plot that's full of unexpected surprises." - Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind

"I loved this book and its characters. Moe is a great one, beautifully rendered and very believable." - Independent Mystery Booksellers Association

"A good story told well, and characters that make you feel something about them; Coleman has put it all together." - Deb Jones, Roundtablereviews.com

"Moe is a character to savor and Coleman? He's an author to watch." - Ruth Jordan, Crime Spree Magazine

"the twists and reversals are expertly done, and Moe’s voice, which mixes Jewish intellectual with cop smarts, is company worth keeping." - Houston Chronicle

Blurbs:
"Moe Prager is my kind of private eye." - Bestselling author Michael Connelly

"Moe Prager is a far from perfect hero, but an utterly appealing one. Let’s hope...for many, many more cases." - Bestselling author Laura Lippman

"some writers can make you feel that they have inhabited their characters to a degree associated with demonic possession, but Reed Farrel Coleman’s gift is to graft that sensation onto the reader, so that he or she feels they’re wearing the character like skin...[The James Deans is] "how books are supposed to be." - Declan Burke

"Reed Farrel Coleman goes right to the darkest corners of the human heart—to the obsessions, the tragedies, the buried secrets from the past." - Edgar-award winning author Steve Hamilton

"Moe Prager is a thinking man’s P.I." - Edgar-award winning author S.J. Rozan

Purchase at Amazon.com