Reed Farrel Coleman's Blog, page 5
March 5, 2017
Marilyn’s Mystery Reads on WHAT YOU BREAK
Reed Farrel Coleman continues his winning streak with What You Break. It’s a hard-boiled novel featuring a protagonist with a broken heart. The characters are realistic, the setting is vivid, and the plot will keep you on edge until the end.
March 2, 2017
February 21, 2017
Victoria Weisfeld on WHAT YOU BREAK
Award-winning author Coleman is also a poet, so it’s no surprise he’s been called the “noir poet laureate.” He paints compelling scenes and circumstances, as well as complex psychological portraits. If you like non-stop action thrillers that nevertheless have some intellectual weight, this is a book to pick up and enjoy.
February 14, 2017
WHAT YOU BREAK in South Florida Sun-Sentinel
In his second novel about Gus, Coleman delivers an action-packed thriller strengthened by solid character studies. The brisk plot delves into the dark corners of Long Island and the people who live there.
February 10, 2017
Huffington Post on WHAT YOU BREAK
Words are an important part of our lives. We all speak them; we all write them; we all read them. Yes, all of us have a need for words. But some few of us have a need to tell stories with words and one of the best at doing that is Reed Farrel Coleman. Coleman uses words to communicate the stories found in his novels but more importantly he uses words to create places, things and people. He is at the top of his game in doing that within the pages of his latest novel WHAT YOU BREAK.
Mystery Tribune on WHAT YOU BREAK
What You Break by Reed Farrel Coleman is the sort of novel which rises above the crowded pool of thriller books and shines as a star.
February 9, 2017
Washington Post on WHAT YOU BREAK
Coleman, who has published more than 20 novels and won major crime-fiction prizes, writes skillfully about weapons, car chases, police work and his hero’s many brawls. He also wants us to know that for most people in Long Island, the fashionable Hamptons might as well be on Mars. His Long Island is scruffy, blue-collar, corrupt, choked by traffic and fueled by fast food, cheap beer and unrelenting anger. Jay Gatsby isn’t in the picture.
Signature Magazine: Reed Answers 3 Questions
Besides the entertainment factor, what made you want to write about corrupt cops?
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February 7, 2017
Huffington Post: A Conversation with Reed Farrel Coleman
Reed Farrel Coleman is well-known by thriller lovers everywhere. He’s the author of many novels and the winner of the Shamus, Barry, and Anthony Awards as well as being a three-time Edgar Award nominee. His books include the Moe Prager series and the Gus Murphy series, among others.
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Newsday on WHAT YOU BREAK
“What You Break” is never dull, and the climax, when it arrives, is a corker — tensely narrated and genuinely dramatic. And Coleman has the cunning to leave much of Gus’ past clouded in secrecy, ripe for future revelations — and adventures.
