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Reed Farrel Coleman is the youngest of three boys and was raised in Sheepshead County. One day while walking from school, he had a shot and later on, saw a man lying flat on the ground, with a lethal wound on his stomach. This was the point in his life when he realized that people do get hurt. Upon joining high school, Coleman ventured into writing. Throughout his years, Coleman has worked at different jobs such as a car lease agent, baby food sales, restaurants as a cook and finally delivering home cooking oil. While attending The New School, Coleman met his wife to be Rosanne. Currently, they have two children, Dylan and Kaitlyn. Coleman never had at one point considered taking writing as a full-time career, until one day when he was attending a detective fiction class.
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Order of Dylan Klein Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Life Goes Sleeping | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Little Easter | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | They Don't Play Stickball in Milwaukee | 1997 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gulliver Dowd Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dirty Work | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Valentino Pier | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Boardwalk | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Love and Fear | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Gus Murphy Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Where It Hurts | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
2 | What You Break | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jack Kenny Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Bronx Requiem | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jesse Stone Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Night Passage | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Trouble in Paradise | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Death in Paradise | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Stone Cold | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Sea Change | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
6 | High Profile | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Stranger in Paradise | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Night and Day | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Split Image | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Killing The Blues | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Fool Me Twice | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Damned If You Do | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Blind Spot | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Devil Wins | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Debt to Pay | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Hangman's Sonnet | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Colorblind | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Bitterest Pill | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Fool's Paradise | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Stone's Throw | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Fallout | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Buried Secrets | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Joe Serpe Series as Tony Spinosa
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Hose Monkey | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Gun Bunnies | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Fourth Victim | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Moe Prager Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Walking the Perfect Square | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Redemption Street | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The James Deans | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Soul Patch | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Empty Ever After | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Innocent Monster | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Hurt Machine | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Onion Street | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Hollow Girl | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Nick Ryan Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Sleepless City | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Blind to Midnight | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Reed Farrel Coleman Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Tower | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Gun Church | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Reed Farrel Coleman Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Terminal (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | A Redemption of Bones (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Kaddish (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Baby Pigeons (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Look at Me / Don't Look at Me (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Feeding the Crocodile (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Jump (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Portrait of The Killer as a Young Man (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Due Diligence (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Another Role (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Mastermind (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Requiem for Spider (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Accidentally Like a Martyr (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Magic Bullet (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Breakage (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Jibber Jabber (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Slider (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Gobble (Short Story) | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Reed Farrel Coleman Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Short Stack | 2019 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bibliomysteries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Book of Virtue | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Book Thing | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Book Case | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
5 | An Acceptable Sacrifice | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Final Testament (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
12 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Remaindered (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Sequel (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Book Club (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
18 | It's in the Book (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Scroll (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Little Men (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
25 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
26 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Travelling Companion | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
31 | The Haze (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
33 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Seven Years (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Hemingway Valise | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
36 | The Last Honest Horse Thief | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
37 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
38 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
39 | The Traitor (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
40 | The Dark Door | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
41 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Book of Virtue | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Scroll (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
4 | An Acceptable Sacrifice | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Seven Years (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Book Thing | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Book Club (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Final Testament (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
13 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
14 | It's in the Book (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Remaindered (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Sequel (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Little Men (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
22 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Travelling Companion | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
28 | The Haze (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
32 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
33 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
34 | The Hemingway Valise | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
35 | The Last Honest Horse Thief | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
36 | The Book Case | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
37 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
38 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
39 | The Traitor (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
40 | The Dark Door | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
41 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of World Of Kurt Vonnegut Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Bell Curse (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The World of Kurt Vonnegut (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Peace in Amber | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | As Much Protein as an Egg | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Children's Crusade | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Newt and Zinka's Wild, Wild Week OR How the K.G.B. Got Ice-Nine | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Akashic Noir Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
9 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
11 | London Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
12 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
25 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
40 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
44 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
46 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
47 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
48 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
49 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
50 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
51 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
54 | Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
55 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
56 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
57 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
58 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
59 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
60 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
61 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
62 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
63 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
64 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
65 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
66 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
67 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
68 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
69 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
70 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
71 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
72 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
73 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
74 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
75 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
76 | Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
77 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
78 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
79 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
80 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
81 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
82 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
83 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
84 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
85 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
86 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
87 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
88 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
89 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
90 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
91 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
92 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
93 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
94 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
95 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
96 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
97 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
98 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Reed Farrel Coleman Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Hardboiled Brooklyn | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Darker Mask | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
7 | PULP INK | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
8 | In Pursuit of Spenser | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Writes of Spring | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
11 | USA Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Kwik Krimes | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Crimespree Magazine #52 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Crimespree Magazine #58 | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Unloaded | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Crime Plus Music | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Florida Happens | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Down to the River | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Milwaukee Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Hotel California | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Some of the works that Coleman is known for include the Moe Prager Series, and other book series, which feature the protagonists, Dylan Klein, Gulliver Dowd and Joe Serpe. The Gulliver Dowd character is mainly based on an e-police officer whom he had met before. The Joe Serpe book series were previously written under the pseudonym of Tony Spinosa, however, at the moment, they are available under the Reed Farrel Coleman titles. He has penned down numerous standalone characters books such as The Tower with Ken Bruen, Gun Church, and John Roe of the New York Police Department. He has also penned down numerous essays, short stories, and poems. Coleman considers several critically acclaimed authors has his early influences; they include Lawrence Block, William Blake, Wallace Stevens, Raymond Chandler, T.S Elliot and Dashiell Hamlet.
Later on, Coleman found significance in the works of colleagues, Ken Bruen, S.J Rozan, Peter Spiegelman and Peter Blauner. Currently, Coleman is on a four-year book contract and is expected to take over the writing of Jesse Stone series by Robert B. Parker. He also has a 2-year deal which features the retired Suffolk County police officer turned Private Investigator, Gus Murphy. He is a former executive Mystery Writers of America Vice President and also one of the founding members of the Mystery writers of America.
Reed Farrel Coleman Awards
Coleman is the recipient of numerous literary awards especially with the Moe Prager book series. He has also been awarded an Anthony Award, Barry Award, Shamus Award and a Macavity Award. Furthermore, his stories and books have also been nominated for various awards such as the Edgar Awards ad Gumshoe Awards.
Reed Farrel Coleman Books into Movies
Reed Farrel Coleman’s book the Tower has been selected for an onscreen adaptation. Currently, the project is its development phase.
Best Reed Farrel Books
Walking the Perfect Square: This is the first book in the Moe Pager book series. In this installment, Coleman introduces the reader to Moe Prager, an ex-cop, who is waiting to call his daughter during her 18th birthday. In the middle of an exceedingly ugly family meltdown, Moe Prager is exceedingly desperate to find a viable way to come to terms with what made his happy family implode. However, as he is waiting, Moe Pager receives a call, which will not only solve a case, which has continuously haunted him and his wife but will also supply him with the glue that will be used to patch up his family. On December 8th, one Patrick Maloney, who is a purportedly popular college student decides to walk out from a Manhattan nightspot and into oblivion. It is no wonder that Patrick Maloney’s sudden disappearance registers on the radar screen.
However, it does not take long before the son of Sam strikes, and Elvis is pronounced dead. Is is the BeeGees vs. the Sex Pistols, the Dirt Lounge and Studio 54. Moe Pager is an ex-cop who was forced into early retirement due to an injury that he sustained while serving in the police force. Despite the fact that Patrick Malone had disappeared many years ago, Moe Pager had not noticed any of this. However, when Prager ex-partner asks for an offer to work on the new case, Moe Prager full of doubt over his career, agrees to the deal. With that being said, Walking the Perfect Square is a great introduction to a highly entertaining series. It is clear to see why Coleman is the recipient of numerous awards, especially in the Moe Pager book series.
When Does The Next Reed Farrel Coleman book come out?
Reed Farrel Coleman doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Blind to Midnight and was released on August, 13th 2024. It is the newest book in the Nick Ryan Series.