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The James Deans

A Moe Prager Mystery

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The James Deans

By: Reed Farrel Coleman
Narrated by: Andy Caploe
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Nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, and Gumshoe Awards! Winner of the Shamus, Barry, and Anthony Awards!

Still reeling from his wife's recent miscarriage, Moe Prager is bullied into taking the case of an up-and-coming politico whose career has stalled over the suspicious disappearance of a young woman.

It's been almost two years since Moira Heaton, State Senator Steven Brightman's intern, vanished on Thanksgiving Eve 1981. In spite of Brightman's best efforts to clear his name, he has been tried and convicted in the press. As a reluctant Moe peels away the layers of the case, he discovers the tragic circumstances of Moira Heaton's disappearance are buried deep in the past and that there is another more heinous crime at the heart of it all.

Will the ugly truth set Brightman free or will it bury all the players beneath the crumbling artiface of corruption, murder, and hate?

©2009 Reed Farrel Coleman (P)2010 Audible, Inc. Jewish Judaism Modern Detectives Suspense Fiction Mystery Disappearance

Critic Reviews

Winner of the 2006 Anthony, Barry, and Shamus Awards
"Moe Prager is a far from perfect hero, but an utterly appealing one. Let’s hope…for many, many more cases.” (Laura Lippman)
"Coleman draws inspiration from the real-life Gary Condit/Chandra Levy case for his appealing third hard-boiled mystery set in the early 1980s (after 2004's Redemption Street)....Not everyone will go for the heavy-handed humor (a long-winded 'southern politico' named Clinton 'had better stay in Arkansas, because he has about as much chance for national office as the Mets have of winning a second World Series'), but all will cheer the likable, virtuous Prager." (Publishers Weekly)

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