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Hurt Machine

By: Reed Farrel Coleman
Narrated by: Andy Caploe
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At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella Melendez. It seems Carmella's estranged sister Alta has been murdered, but no one in New York City seems to care. Why? Alta, a FDNY EMT, and her partner had months earlier refused to give assistance to a dying man at a fancy downtown eatery.

Moe decides to help Carmella as a means to distract himself from his own life-and-death struggle. Making headway on the case is no mean feat as no one, including Alta's partner Maya Watson, wants to cooperate. Moe chips away until he discovers a cancer roiling just below the surface, a cancer whose symptoms include bureaucratic greed, sexual harassment, and blackmail. But is any of it connected to Alta's brutal murder?

Solve more cases with Moe Prager.
©2011 Reed Farrel Coleman (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

  • Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011

"Razor-edged contemporary who-dunits don't get much better than Shamus-winner Coleman's seventh Moe Prager mystery." (Publishers Weekly)
"Coleman makes Prager a believable, complicated character, brought to life by a first person narrationthat lets the reader into Prager’s closely guarded thoughts....Character driven but with a layered plot, this is a recommended read." (Suspense Magazine)

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The Hurt Machine

The detective part of the story is good, the mystery is well laid out and I like that the author leaves all the clues in plain view while the story is told. I don't like narrators who have a dry mouth sound when they narrate. I know it's difficult to narrate but I can't help but want a better sounding voice when I'm paying Audible prices. Plus his imatition of women was like the sound of nails on a chalk board to my ears. Still the story pulled me through. The first person narrative was so bitter sweet as Moe is now a baby boomer coming to the end of his life with terminal cancer and sees everything though that lens of regret and acceptance of others as he looks at himself as honestly as he can.

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