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Rated 5 starsJust terrific
Coleman can take a series farther in fewer books than almost anyone in contemporary crime fiction. Empty Ever After takes the complex life of Moe Prager, a man haunted by multi-generation family problems, and turns it completely upside down. As usual, there is a great plot, which twists and turns in more ways than the reader expects. Two, there is just a great family background in the Prager extended family being developed...
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Rated 5 starsThe past isn't
The author starts with a quote - The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.- William Faulkner. As I barreled through this wonderful novel which is also a mystery, I understood the importance of the quote. Reed Farrel Coleman is a wonderful writer. He has created a compelling main character in Moe Prager. Moe is deeply flawed, but his flaws come from misguided judgment rather than from malice. Often he tries to...
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Rated 5 starsEmpty Ever After
Moe Prager is a complex man, and Empty Ever After, the newest book in the series of which he is the protagonist, is a complex novel. Moe is an ex-cop and currently a p.i., as well as co-owner of four wine shops in and around New York City. He adores his teenage daughter, Sarah, and has a more or less amicable relationship with his ex-wife, Katy. As he says, "Divorce, no matter how amicable, isn't easy, and Katy, Sarah...
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Rated 5 starsColeman's writing elevates the genre
EMPTY EVER AFTER (PI, Moe Prager, New York, Cont) - Ex Coleman, Reed Farrel - 5th in series Bleak House Books, 2008, US Hardcover - ISBN: 9781932557640 First Sentence: We walked through the cemetery, Mr. Roth's arm looped through mine. PI Moe Prager has secrets he's kept from his wife, now ex-wife. Now those secrets are making themselves known with tragic results. It's Moe's job to find out who hates him so much they...
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Rated 5 starsReviewing: "Empty Ever After"
The major secret stayed safe for over twenty years and provided the backbone of a story arc that has traveled the first four novels of the series. The shattering aftermath of the revelation provides the springboard of the current novel as Patrick Maloney won't stay dead and buried. The Maloney family plot has been desecrated and the bones of his ex brother in law, Patrick Maloney are missing. Moses' ex-wife Katy is distraught...
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