Redemption Street

Moe Prager is a hard-boiled ex-cop with a nose for trouble and a nose for the guilty. This is an excellent read from beginning to end and Reed Farrell Coleman kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page. This is loaded with suspense, culminating in an unspeakable terror that happened long ago. The murderer is revealed at just the right time. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes Edgar Award winning novels.

I'm really hooked on Coleman's writing. Rich characters and suspense all wrapped into one.

I read the Moe Prager books out of order--third one first, then back to the first and second--but it didn't hurt a bit. The writing here is so good--Moe's such an appealing character--and the stories are so interwoven from book to book that it was almost MORE fun to experience them backwards, as it were. I can't wait for the next one!

Moe Prager, former cop, current wine merchant and a guy with a P.I. license is approached by an apparent looney tune who wants Moe to investigate a decades old fire in New York's "borscht belt" that killed several people. Inclined to dismiss the man at first, Moe is pushed by his memory of one of the victims: a girl he had a crush on in high school. Moe is pulled deeper into things and then deeper and deeper. The characters are rich: a callous Manhattan real estate developer; a former comedian who missed his big-chance and runs a decaying hotel. A neo-Nazi and his hangers-on. Moe runs the gauntlet, always pining for his wife and child, always nudged by his brother and fellow wine-merchant. But once Moe gets involved, he doesn't let go - and the reward is an exceptionally fine read.(...)Jerry

The sequel to the fantastic Walking Perfect Square is a great read. Without giving away the tight plot it is enough to say that Coleman's intelligent references to pop culture as well as classical literature give a depth to the character of Moe Prager rarely seen in books today. The steady build of tempo and logical, realistic moves by Prager make it difficult to put down.Reed Coleman is a writer to watch!