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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
Tag Archives: Ironton NJ
YouTube trailers for the Frank Nagler Mysteries
While Book 5 of the Frank Nagler series, DRAGONY RISING, is in production, and the publication date uncertain, please enjoy these trailers, created by Anita Dugan-Moore for Imzadi Publishing. The Swamps of Jersey – YouTube Game Called Dead – YouTube … Continue reading
Nagler 6: Title, ‘Nagler’s Secret’
There’s a lot going on Frank Nagler World. A new audiobook, a new mystery (2022), and story ideas for Book 6. So, start here: While casting about for a framework for the next Frank Nagler mystery I read a news … Continue reading
Two interviews. Thanks
I’ve had the privilege of being interviewed on two blog sites in the past week. Thanks to Claire Jennison and Kris Wampler for including me. Here’s the links: https://penningandplanning.com/2019/01/04/authors-40-series-michael-daigle/ https://kriswampler.com/2018/12/29/michael-stephen-daigle/ For more information visit: https://www.authorbookings.com/members/michael-daigle
New Nagler: Where he comes from
It’s what you do in a poor town, he learned. Have hope; everything else is darkness. The Baker Hills section of Ironton was developed by one of the city’s rich bankers more than a century ago as a swanky … Continue reading
The award-winning ‘Weight of Living’
“Outside, a steady rain washed away all other sounds; just the splash of water on asphalt and cement, tapping on roof tops and drumming metal car roofs; a perfect wall behind which to hide. We walk through this wreckage, seeking … Continue reading
More New Nagler: Frank’s own darkness
This story is the prequel for the other Frank Nagler books. There are events and aspects of Detective Frank Nagler’s life that must be set up. This is one: “The cemetery hollowed out, the wind and echo of scratching road … Continue reading
This grand American experiment
The lines we draw are for the most part imaginary and temporary. We cannot let them become permanent. Continue reading
Kirkus Review of ‘The Weight of Living’: ‘An involving thriller with a memorable protagonist’
From the positive KIRKUS REVIEW of the third Frank Nagler Mystery, “The Weight of Living.” The book was awarded a First Place for Mysteries in the Royal Dragonfly 2017 Book Award Contest. “An involving thriller with a memorable protagonist.” … Continue reading
Next Nagler story: “A Game Called Dead” Chapter 1
I’ve been working on the next Frank Nagler story. It involves a video game gone real life, murder, Nagler’s friend Leonard, a blind bookstore owner, and an old case from early in Nagler’s career that forces him to reveal a secret … Continue reading
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