Joseph D'Agnese

Mr. Tesla Likes to Watch: A Short Historical Mystery (Daggyland Singles, #26) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla play detective in a delightful tale set in the horse-and-buggy era of old New York...

(Note: "Mr. Tesla Likes to Watch" is a short story. It is also available in the author's 10-story collection, Daggyland #3.)

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The year is 1893, and someone is sabotaging the work of a creative genius in New York City's flower district.

The coppers don't care about flowers. Who can a desperate young entrepreneur turn to for help?

Enter two men who well know the struggles of creative geniuses.

Writer Mark Twain wagers his friendscientist Nikola Teslathat he will crack the case first.

But is it really sabotage? Or is someone sending a coded message using the arcane language of flowers?

If flowers could talk, just what would they say? What mystery are they hiding?

A delightful tale set in the horse-and-buggy era of old New York...

This story first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nutgraf Productions, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798894660226
• Artikelnr.: 74399855

Autorenporträt

Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist and author who has written for children and adults alike. He's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Discover, and other national publications.

In a career spanning more than twenty years, his work has been honored with awards in three vastly different areas-science journalism, children's literature, and mystery fiction.

His science articles have twice appeared in the anthology Best American Science Writing.

His children's book, Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci, was an honoree for the Mathical Book Prize-the first-ever prize for math-themed children's books.

One of his crime stories won the 2015 Derringer Award for short mystery fiction. Another of his stories was selected by mega-bestselling author James Patterson for inclusion in the prestigious annual anthology, Best American Mystery Stories 2015.

D'Agnese's crime fiction has appeared in Shotgun Honey, Plots with Guns, Beat to a Pulp, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

D'Agnese lives in North Carolina with his wife, the New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan (The Girls of Atomic City).