Reed F. Coleman in Dallas!

7 pm Monday tonight at Legacy Books. Be there or be square.

Reed is in Dallas after winning the Shamus Award for Best Novel(EMPTY EVER AFTER) at Bouchercon last week!
[A candid Coleman shot courtesy of Duane Swierczynski]


TOWER is a meeting of great minds -- Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman have wowed critics and readers alike.

"one of the finest and most powerful novels of the year...[TOWER is] most highly recommended and should immediately be added to your 'must read' list" - Bookgasm

Busted Flush Press has just released its first original novel... billed as a crime tale, and what a tale it is.... Tower is a brutal, and sometimes tender, noir novel that careens through Brooklyn, Manhattan, Boston and Philadelphia, leaving you breathless and stunned." - Shelf Awareness

"a story as old as hard-boiled fiction, but Bruen, the prolific and gifted Irishman, and Coleman, his new partner in crime, have given it new life. Bruen's prose is some of the leanest, meanest writing crime fans will find, and Coleman's more discursive style amplifies and explicates the story, in the same way that John Coltrane's lyrical saxophone built on the clipped trumpet ideas of Miles Davis. The result is more than the sum of its parts, and it brings to mind Dennis Lehane's brilliant Mystic River (2001). Readers who like their streets mean, and their criminals and cops meaner, will love Tower." - Booklist

"Brutally poetic... Bruen and Coleman shine... displaying all the literary chops that have made their novels such cult favorites among mystery fans." - Publishers Weekly

"[TOWER has] sharply etched characters relayed in a prose style that frequently lands a punch to the gut...These two writers have amassed a mantle full of prizes and bevies of fans; much of the fun they must have had playing off each other comes across in this successful collaboration." - Library Journal