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The Red Hand: “A winning origin story for one of modern fiction’s expertly drawn detectives.” — Kirkus Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Stephen-Daigle/e/B00P5WBOQC
“The Red Hand” was named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
The Frank Nagler Mysteries An Anthology https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1793859523/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
“A Game Called Dead” was named a Runner-Up in the Shelf Unbound 2016 Best Indie Book contest. “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest; Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards; Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards. Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest. Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards. Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Author Archives: michaelstephendaigle
Nagler 5: The moment is rising
This is a scene in Nagler 5 about getting to the heart of Detective Frank Nagler’s life. Lauren is Lauren Fox, his companion and the Ironton city planner who has taken steps to protect herself from the assorted criminals. This … Continue reading
A new interview (promise it won’t go to my head)
I was asked to contribute an interview to the website NFReads.com. The site includes interviews and articles from a range of contributors and a variety of topics. I’m honored and thrilled to be asked for my contribution. One of the … Continue reading
Frank Nagler Mysteries: Who is Lauren Fox?
One of the many important woman in the Frank Nagler Mysteries is Lauren Fox. In THE SWAMPS OF JERSEY, the first in the series, she provided key information to Detective Frank Nagler, even though she never physically appears in the … Continue reading
My interview on AllAuthors.com
I was offered the opportunity to take part in a question-and-answer interview on the website AllAuthors. Thanks for the opening . A writer and journalist, Michael Stephen Daigle has had an award-winning career in journalism. One of the first stories … Continue reading
People who made a difference
“She believes. Mary DeCeseare believes.” So opened the first-ever “Morris People” column I wrote for the Morris County (NJ) Daily Record in 2007. I wrote that weekly column until 2011, when we all were, well, discharged. The goal of the … Continue reading
Nagler 5: The ’85 Impala and Dancer’s blood
Detective Frank Nagler and Lieutenant Maria Ramirez have been told by the widow of an accountant named Sol Rosen that a license plate on a 1985 Impala is a clue in their current bombing case. “Lieutenant Ramirez at her computer … Continue reading
Lazy government at work in Phillipsburg library dispute
MAY 7 update: The mayor and the library board began a discussion today about solving this financial issue. Probably no simple fix, but this is what should have happened at the beginning. This is not an issue that cropped up … Continue reading
A good day to bring you flowers
There had been that gap in time Separate. I wondered about your smile, Missed your voice The tone between soothing and sarcasm Wondered if the losses had deepened in your eyes Wanting to see again that light Knowing too much … Continue reading
Nagler 5: Leonard refuses to be bullied
Leonard receives a visit from Taylor Mangot II, a shady financier whose presence in Ironton is suspect. He wants to build a giant glass project on a site of a recent bombing. The door opened and closed sweeping in a … Continue reading
Nagler 5: Who or what is the Dragony, and what’s with the bread knife?
The self-named “Dragony” is a shadowy organization that may be behind the bombing of downtown Ironton, N.J. It also might be the reason that several of its suspected members keep dying. So who are they and what are they up … Continue reading
