Reed Farrel Coleman's Blog, page 10
January 26, 2016
Reed on CrimeFiction.fm
Reed shares the story behind WHERE IT HURTS and how a real-life scandal provided an inspiration for the story while he was creating the character of Gus Murphy for the new series.
Read Your Writes on WHERE IT HURTS
What’s not to love about a book that depicts an individual’s path to enlightenment and salvation?
Interview with Huffington Post
…a riveting and heart-wrenching crime novel that speaks to many things, among them the nature of duplicity, evil, conscience, and the quest for meaning in a world gone wrong.
Newsday on WHERE IT HURTS
Coleman…is an excellent storyteller, and his colorful, punchy writing displays a delicious noir cynicism.
Crime Fiction Lover Interview
A poet and a crime author, Reed Farrel Coleman has written more than 15 novels, including the critically-accalimed Moe Prager series about an ex-cop turned private eye. He has collaborated with Ken Bruen, continued Robert B Parker’s Jesse Stone series, and has won a slew of awards along the way. In his latest novel, Where it Hurts, he introduces a new character in the form of Gus Murphy, a retired policeman living in a world of grief. We asked the New York author to join us and talk more abou...
January 25, 2016
Washington Post on WHERE IT HURTS
There’s the thrill that comes in discovering a terrific new mystery writer, and then there’s the thrill that comes in discovering a terrific new — and different — mystery novel written by an already acknowledged master.
Interview with Dallas Morning News
Reed Farrel Coleman belongs in a different decade.He should have been writing crime novels in the 1930s and ’40s and rubbing elbows with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The three-time Shamus Award winner for best detective novel of the year is every bit their equal.
January 23, 2016
Crimespree Magazine Interview
Reed talks withGeorge Lichman ofCrimespreeMagazine
January 22, 2016
Interview with Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
…the plot, with its rogues’ gallery of vicious criminals and wayward cops, is not the primary reason to pick up Where It Hurts…The main attractions are Coleman’s poetic pulp fiction — he’s one of the giants of his genre, every bit the wordsmith as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Elmore Leonard — and the introduction of his new series character, John “Gus” Murphy.
January 8, 2016
She Treads Softly on WHERE IT HURTS
Where It Hurts is a totally engrossing novel and portends a great new series that I’d certainly follow. Coleman does an excellent job with the character of Gus. He has captured the nature of a man who is in mourning and unable to move on with his life after the tragedy that struck his life until circumstances force him to start thinking and interacting with people again. This is a well written, descriptive novel with a tight plot, and plenty of action and clues to follow. The cast of characte...
