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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
More of the sloppy wonderful this
We need more flashmobs playing Beethoven’s Ninth More football fields filled with drummers playing We will rock you More Irish step dancers taking over airports, brass bands slamming Sousa More unseen choruses sneaking into shopping malls to sing the Halleluiah … Continue reading
Ten things about old hands
1 Childhood fingers in forgiving sand, Wet handfuls slither through watery gaps leaving muddy puddled palms. Your finger stirs the glitter, eyes afire. 2 Harvest hands, thick with seeds and soil. Pluck the beans, shuck the corn; Hoe blistered, sweat … Continue reading
5 stars for Frank. Thanks, readers
With DRAGONY RISING, the fifth Frank Nagler Mystery on the way, there’s still; time to catch up on the best selling, award winning series. Here’s some reviews from appreciated readers. Thanks one and all for reading the books, and for … Continue reading
This is you
This is you. Your touch, fingers like wind through my hair. A curling smile, eyes as deep as hope Offer a trail Into a heart divided by love and desertion; Does the coming hurt more than the leaving? Is one … Continue reading
Join us in Newton, N.J. Saturday, June 23
I’m thrilled to be among the authors at Tractor Supply, on Hampton House Road, Newton, NJ from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 23. We are part of a vendors expo. Thanks to author Eleanor Wagner for arranging this … Continue reading
Solar update: It works
Our rooftop solar system went live Nov.1, 2021. This is an update. Based on actual usage, our system was designed to generate 11,251 kilowatt hours of power a year, offsetting 92 percent of the power we once bought directly from … Continue reading
Nagler 6: Introducing Annie
Work in Progress, Book Six in the Frank Nagler mystery series, so far titled NAGLER’S SECRET, will have a new role for Annie, the young, silent girl whose mystery was central to the third book in the series, THE WEIGHT … Continue reading
The Last Thing You’re Never Supposed to do on the Internet: Part 2
A quick story with a little mystery. Part 2: Jack finds out who sent him photos of the green door and what’s behind it. The dream at 2 a.m. It was May, senior year. The trees had just filled out … Continue reading
The Last Thing You’re Never Supposed to do on the Internet: Part One
A few weeks ago, someone using a computer in the Caribbean resort island Sint Martin, dug out a post from my website archive about the fight between the Phillipsburg, N.J. town council and the town library. That prompted the thought … Continue reading
Join us at the Flemington Summer Book Fest, May 27-30
Another week, another way to celebrate great writers. Also, it’s a another chance for readers to meet Ironton, New Jersey Detective Frank Nagler. This week is the fabulous Flemington Summer Book Fest. The Flemington Summer Book Fest runs from Friday, … Continue reading
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