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"The biggest mysteries in our genre are why Reed Coleman isn't already huge, and why Moe Prager isn't already an icon."—Lee Child

"Reed Farrel Coleman is one of the more original voices to emerge from the crime fiction field in the last ten years." —George Pelecanos

"Moe Prager is the man." —Janet Evanovich

"Reed Farrel Coleman makes claim to a unique corner of the private detective genre" —Michael Connelly

"One of the most daring writers around ... He writes the books we all aspire to." —Ken Bruen

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DAMN NEAR DEAD (2006)

An Anthology of Geezer Noir

With "Requiem for Moe" by Reed Farrel Coleman

Edited by Duane Swierczynski

Publisher: Busted Flush Press

 

Hard-boiled story collection, featuring original "geezer noir" tales by Jeff Abbott, Megan Abbott, Charles Ardai, Ray Banks, Mark Billingham, Steve Brewer, Ken Bruen, Milton Burton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Colin Cotterill, Bill Crider, Sean Doolittle, Victor Gischler, Allan Guthrie, John Harvey, Simon Kernick, Laura Lippman, Stuart MacBride, Donna Moore, Zoë Sharp, Jenny Siler, Jason Starr, Charlie Stella, Duane Swierczynski, Robert Ward, Sarah Weinman, and Dave White.

REVIEWS

Damn Near one of the best anthologies I have read in a long time. —Lance Carter, Murder & Mystery Books 101 (blog)

The best anthology I've read this year.   —Jennifer Jordan, Crimespree Magazine

Some [of the stories] are hilarious; many are sad; all are the kind of stuff that makes Miss Marple look like a Girl Scout.   —Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune

WHERE TO BUY

Busted Flush Press,  Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and fine bookstores.