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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: Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Cherry Street: Theo and the school bully
This is another segment from the Cherry Street School story, yet untitled. In this scene, new student Theo Dubois has a run-in with the school bully, Bobby Danforth. If you like what you read, please hit the FOLLOW key on … Continue reading
Cherry Street School: Theo’s first day ends, shops at the Red & White
Since I seem to be serializing this story, in this segment, Theo Dubois ends his first day at Cherry Street School feeling lost and alone. Theo rolled the paper grocery bag under his arm and turned left at the end … Continue reading
The things we hide: WIP
Years ago I started sketching out a story about a weekly Maine newspaper editor named Hadley Chandler. It was planned as an episodic story with threads that involve an old family farm, industrial pollution, the ups and downs of the … Continue reading
Thanks for these top reviews
Thanks to readers of the Frank Nagler Mystery series for these top reviews. Forever grateful. THE SWAMPS OF JERSEY. Why are an old swamp, a burning factory and a dead woman linked? Why is Ironton, N.J. detective Frank Nagler so … Continue reading
Who are the real heroes in the Frank Nagler Mysteries?
Growing up in Upstate New York I was under the influence of Syracuse University. That meant my sports heroes included football stars Ernie Davis and Jimmy Brown. Both were All-Americans at Syracuse and Brown later starred for the Cleveland Browns. … Continue reading
Christmas story: ‘The last bell ringer and the yoga girl’
Don stepped into the painted plywood Santa hut and rolled his neck from side to side to loosen the kinks. He pulled off the scratchy white beard and red hat combo and pushed his chin onto his chest and felt … Continue reading
New Nagler news: A GAME CALLED DEAD now an audiobook
I am celebrating the release of the Audiobook version of A GAME CALLED DEAD, the second book in the four-book, award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. Thanks to IMZADI PUBLISHING for expanding the offerings of the Nagler series and to DANE … 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
Nagler 5: Who are the traitors?
A deep, generational conspiracy runs through the first four Frank Nagler Mysteries. In the upcoming DRAGONY RISING, the conspiracy is full-blown and growing. Can it be stopped? Who are the traitors? “Bill Weston was nervous. This was not going according … Continue reading
Nagler 5: Article 256 changes everything
One of the questions raised in the fifth Frank Nagler Mystery, DRAGONY RISING, is how a conspiracy can result in the takeover of a government. This is how: Quietly, with patience, both in the dark and in plain sight. With … Continue reading
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