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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: Morris County. NJ
When iron was king
They’re not called the Iron Hills for nothing. Underneath the modern subdivisions, warehouses, shopping centers, highways and buildings that hold the companies and schools, and offices of all types, are the iron mines. And snaking through the parks and steep … Continue reading
Changing genres: Experimentation in writing
“A chef pulls at the edges of their menus to see what new tastes can be created, a photographer tries new mediums, combining old and new, an engineer, a teacher, a social worker, turn their efforts sideways to gain new … Continue reading
New format for ‘The Frank Nagler Anthology’
I am glad to announce new formats for the Frank Nagler Anthology, a collection of the first three Frank Nagler Mysteries. Thanks for my publisher, Imzadi Publishing. It was first issued as a hardcover, but is now available on Amazon … Continue reading
“The Weight of Living” named Distinguished Favorite in NYC Big Book Award contest
“The Weight of Living,” the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery, has been named a Distinguished Favorite in New York City Big Book Award contest. Thank you the New York City Big Book Award judges. This is the fourth award in 2017-18 … Continue reading
Nagler book four done: ‘The Red Hand’
It’s done. The fourth Frank Nagler Mystery, called “The Red Hand.” It’s done as much as it can be before going through an editing process and revisions, and all the stuff that follows the suspected completion of a book. Before … Continue reading
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
Is this how the new Frank Nagler story ends?
This is another piece for the new Frank Nagler story, a work in progress. This might be the end of the book, but then again it might not be. The thing about a work in progress is that things change. … 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
“The Swamps of Jersey” coming Nov. 1
The bookstore in Binghamton, N.Y. was dark, dusty and overstuffed with books; books on tables in awkward piles, on the floor in uneven stacks and laid haphazardly on walls of shelves. Hazy, dusty windows filtered the sunlight. Behind a desk, … Continue reading
