All 9 Moe Prager Books In Order at Book DNA

1
Walking the Perfect Square

August 6th, 1998: Moe Prager, a former cop, waits to call his daughter for her 18th birthday. In the midst of an ugly family meltdown, Prager is desperate to find a way to make sense of what has caused his once-happy family to implode. As he waits, however, it is…

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2
Redemption Street

In 1981, Moe Prager, a former NYPD cop, licensed P.I., and wine shop owner, becomes drawn into the long-cold investigation into a 1966 hotel fire that killed seventeen people--including his first love--and finds himself following a trail through the decaying Catskill borscht belt, political corruption, dark secrets, and murder.

3
The James Deans

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…

4
Soul Patch

From the author of the New York Times-bestselling Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot

Ex-NYPD cop turned P.I. and entrepreneur, Moe Prager is faced with a gut-wrenching case. The apparent suicide of his old friend and NYPD Chief of Detectives, Larry McDonald, forces Moe back onto the decaying Coney Island streets…

5
Empty Ever After

There are no second acts for the dead... or are there?

For over twenty years, retired NYPD officer and PI Moe Prager, has been haunted by the secret that would eventually destroy his family. Now, two years after the fallout from the truth, more than secrets are haunting the Prager…

6
Innocent Monster

Seven years have passed since the brutal murder that tore Moe Prager’s family apart and it's been six years since Moe’s brushed the dust off his PI license. But when his estranged daughter Sarah comes to him with a request he cannot refuse, Moe takes a deep breath and plunges…

7
Hurt Machine

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…

8
Onion Street

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot comes a Moe Prager Mystery.

It's 1967 and Moe Prager is wandering aimlessly through his college career and his life. All that changes when his girlfriend Mindy is viciously beaten into a coma and left to…

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9
The Hollow Girl

The final novel in one of the most critically acclaimed PI series in the annals of crime fiction!

"Few writers working in any genre offer tales with such moral complexity, dark humor, and, most of all, heart." --Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me

Drunk, alone, and racked with guilt over…

9 Moe Prager books in order

1 Walking the Perfect Square

2 Redemption Street

3 The James Deans

4 Soul Patch

5 Empty Ever After

6 Innocent Monster

7 Hurt Machine

8 Onion Street

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9 The Hollow Girl