Books by John Galligan
Every now and then it is nice to take a break and do some reading. Author John Galligan lives in Madison Wisconsin and has written some terrific books. The first book in his series, The Nail Knot is a great fly fishing mstery and the only mystery of this type that I am aware of. The main character Ned "Dog" Oglivie is a fisherman's kind of guy. A great mix of intrigue and fly fishing. Seriously, check out John's books you won't be disappointed. Here is a link to John Galligan's website and more information about him.
Praise for The Nail Knot
“Ned ‘the Dog’ Oglivie lives in an old RV, crisscrosses the country to hit all the trout streams, and swigs vodka. But when he discovers a fellow fisherman's body in a Wisconsin stream, he also meets another oddity—one Melvina O'Malley—who tampers with the evidence and then appeals to the Dog for help. For some reason, he sticks around, encountering a red-neck fish poacher; a dangerously half–educated police chief; a retired, whiskey–guzzling fish biologist; and a crusading, crippled fly tier. In the first installment of a new mystery series, Galligan (Red Sky, Red Dragonfly), a Wisconsin–based college writing professor, portrays these radiantly quirky characters with deft strokes, pulling their strings with panache and outlining their world with humor and acceptance. A real treat.”
—Library Journal
The second book in his series:
The Blood Knot was selected as Crimespree Magazine's Book of the Year in 2005 and one of January Magazine's Best of the Year.
The third and most recent in his fly fishing series is yet to be released.
Taken from John's website:
The Dog is fishing the Roam River in Montana when the death of a friend, Jessie, a local white girl is pinned on another friend Sneed, a young black man who can’t defend himself because of carbon monoxide poisoning. Ned investigates a local lawyer with odd aspirations, a pair of white supremacists, and the local fly fishing outfitter who employed both the suspect and the victim.
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