Matt Coyle is the best-selling author of the Rick Cahill PI Crime Series. His novels have won the Anthony Award, the Shamus Award, the Lefty Award, the San Diego Book Award, among others, and have been nominated for numerous Anthony, Macavity, Shamus, and Lefty Awards. Blind Vigil is the seventh in this award-winning series. Matt is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and lives in San Diego with his yellow Lab, Angus.
A tense, fast-paced, hard-boiled mystery -- ABC News Rickstubborn, loyal, and suspicious of authorityis an intriguing character San Francisco Chronicle [ Blind Vigil is] told in a clear, unadorned style. Yahoo Entertainment A tense, fast-paced, hard-boiled mystery Los Angeles Times [ Blind Vigil is] emotionally wrenching and haunting . . . a visceral tour de force of the PI tradition. T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times best-selling author Blind Vigil is a masterful blend of hard-boiled, noirish, slow-burning, yet fast-paced storytelling, provingonce againthat Matt Coyle has earned his place as one of the great authors of classic PI fiction. Robin Burcell, New York Times best-selling author With Wrong Light , Matt Coyle is on top of his game and Rick Cahill ascends to the top ranks of the classic private eyes. Coyle knows the secret: digging into a crime means digging into the past. Sometimes it's messy, sometimes it's dangerousalways it's entertaining. You'll find all of that and more in this great read. Michael Connelly, New York Times best-selling author Sharp, suspenseful, and poignant, Lost Tomorrows hits like a breaking wave and pulls readers into its relentless undertow. Matt Coyle is at the top of his game. Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author An equation involving everyone from the Russian mob to Irish Travelers to ex-cops, Coyle's Wrong Light is a fascinating, fast-paced, spidery-webbed novel. Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times best-selling author [ Lost Tomorrows is] suspenseful, tightly written, full of curve balls and memorable characters and very, very smart. Welcome back, Rick. We're really glad to see you. Joe Ide, Shamus Award-winning author Part pacy thriller and part fair-play puzzle, Wrong Light deliversCoyle honors the gumshoe tradition but confounds expectations; he both celebrates and laments masculinity; and he writes with respect of the price his hero pays for the life he lives. Catriona McPherson, Macavity, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author Readers will root for Rick Cahill, hard-boiled PI and one-man wrecking ball, as he searches for the truth about his police officer father in Blood Truth . Hallie Ephron, New York Times best-selling author Matt Coyle knocks it out of the park with Last Redemption . Just when you think Coyle has reached the top of his gamehe does one better. Allison Brennan, New York Times best-selling author Raymond Chandler-reincarnate Matt Coyle has set the private eye bar at skyscraper height. Authors who strive to traverse Coyle's caliber need a hot air balloon. Bookreporter [In Blind Vigil ,] Rick Cahill is a moody PI, tough, hard-boiled, and unapologetic, in the tradition of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Midwest Book Review