Pg. 69: Reed Farrel Coleman's "Empty Ever After"

The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Reed Farrel Coleman's Empty Ever After.

About the book, from the publisher:

There are no second acts for the dead…or are there?

For over twenty years, retired NYPD officer and PI Moe Prager, has been haunted by the secret that would eventually destroy his family. Now, two years after the fallout from the truth, more than secrets are haunting the Prager family. Moe Prager follows a trail of graverobbers from cemetery to cemetery, from ashes to ashes and back again in order to finally solve the enigma of his dead brother-in-law Patrick. He plunges deeper into the dark recesses of his past than ever before, revisiting all of his old cases, in order to uncover the twisted alchemy of vengeance and resurrection. Will Moe, at last, put his past to rest? Will he find the man who belongs in that vacant grave or will it remain empty, empty ever after?

Empty Ever After is the fifth of Coleman's Moe Prager novels.

Among the praise for the Moe Prager series:

"Reed Farrel Coleman makes claim to a unique corner of the private detective genre ... with great poignancy and passion he constructs a tale that fittingly underlines how we are all captives of the past. Moe Prager is my kind of private eye."
--Michael Connelly, author of The Narrows

"Moe Prager is the thinking man's PI. He's a reluctant but dogged investigator, a family man even when the family's irritating (or worse), and a straight-ahead ex-cop willing to spend some mental energy on questions of loyalty, love, and religion."
--S.J. Rozan, author of Absent Friends

"Moe Prager is a family man who can find the humanity in almost everyone he meets; he is a far from perfect hero, but an utterly appealing one. Let's hope that his soft heart and lively mind continue to lure him out of his wine shop for many, many more cases."
--Laura Lippman, author of Every Secret Thing

"The author makes us care about his characters and what happens to them, conveying a real sense of human absurdity and tragedy ... a first-rate mystery. Moe is a fine sleuth. Coleman is an excellent writer."
--Publishers Weekly

Learn more about the novel and author at Reed Farrel Coleman's website.

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