Category Archives: Fiction

This is where I will post samples of stories I am working on, or other stuff, as I see fit.

Nagler 5: The moment is rising

Posted on June 10, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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A new interview (promise it won’t go to my head)

Posted on May 28, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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Frank Nagler Mysteries: Who is Lauren Fox?

Posted on May 27, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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My interview on AllAuthors.com

Posted on May 20, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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People who made a difference

Posted on May 16, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

“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 →

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Nagler 5: The ’85 Impala and Dancer’s blood

Posted on May 10, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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Nagler 5: Leonard refuses to be bullied

Posted on April 27, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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Nagler 5: Who or what is the Dragony, and what’s with the bread knife?

Posted on April 15, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

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 →

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5-star review of ‘The Swamps of Jersey:’ Add Frank Nagler to the crime fiction honor roll.

Posted on March 21, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

Thanks Henry Chamberlain for this fabulous review! 5.0 out of 5 stars Detective Frank Nagler has earned a place among the best detectives in crime fiction Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021 Detective Frank Nagler can join Sam … Continue reading →

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A review: ‘The Fiddler in the Night’ Spare prose tells story of love, loneliness and redemption

Posted on March 19, 2021 by michaelstephendaigle

Arcadia is a spare land, heavy with silence and distance, a misfit place. In that space author Christian Fennell places his tale, “The Fiddler in the Night,” a story that aches with loneliness, love and loss, but drips with blood. … Continue reading →

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