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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: ” “The Summer of the Homerun”
New Frank Nagler: ‘The Weight of Living’ is released
Today is release day for the third Frank Nagler Mystery, “The Weight of Living.” My great thanks and appreciation to the Imzadi Publishing team: Janice Grove, graphic artist Anita Dugan-Moore, and copy editor Kate Springteen Tate. Imzadi is an independent … Continue reading
New library date: May 20 at North County Library, Clinton, NJ
I will be reading from and discussing the Frank Nagler Mystery series at the North County Branch Library, Hunterdon County Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton, from 11 to noon, Saturday, May 20. Thanks to adult program coordinator Dana Neubauer for … Continue reading
Frank Nagler mysteries as dystopian saga
Is my Frank Nagler mysteries series actually a dystopian saga? It’s a thought. Granted, I don’t have beautiful, heroic teen-agers running through carefully staged ruins fighting the evil establishment and seeking to create a new utopian society. Dystopia is generally … Continue reading
Free downloads and a special reading
Available for free downloads in several formats on Smashwords are the following: “The Summer of the Homerun,” a short story about baseball and being a teen-ager. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/299057 Sample: “The ball seemed to be something other than an … Continue reading
‘The Weight of Living’ to be released April 25
My publisher, Imzadi Publishing, has announced that the next Frank Nagler mystery, “The Weight of Living,” will be released April 25. My thanks to the Imzadi crew. What is exciting is that that this will be one of four new … Continue reading
Life with Alexa
Me: Alexa, what time is it? ALEXA: It is three a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Me: Alexa, why am I up? ALEXA: Technically you are still in bed. Me: Fine. Alexa, why am I awake at 3 a.m.? ALEXA: There … Continue reading
‘One stupid cup of coffee.’ Free from “The Resurrection of Leo.’
This is “One stupid cup of coffee,” one of the shorts included in my collection, “The Resurrection of Leo.” The collection is stories about people struggling with love and love lost, finding their souls, stories of hope and heartbreak. … Continue reading
Interesting review of ‘A Game Called Dead.’
Gritty, But Poetic (From Amazon) By Merritt Stewart This book wasn’t really my cup of tea. It reminds me of ‘In Cold Blood’ By Truman Capote in that, there is a lot of psychological examination. The detective wonders what someone must … Continue reading
These words are dust on paper
These words are dust on paper, The chemistry of love, loss and desire, of things unsettled; Weightless questions unformed, queries made alone in silent, empty rooms, like breath spoken to a dark ceiling in those broken sleepless hours. There … Continue reading
The Frank Nagler novels
“A Game Called Dead:” The story of Frank Nagler picks up two years after “The Swamps of Jersey” in this sequel. Ironton, N.J., is still a city struggling with its economic and rebuilding troubles, but new heroes emerge. Meanwhile a … Continue reading
