Joseph D'Agnese

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bled: A Short Historical Mystery (Daggyland Singles, #28) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A murder in a picturesque tavern sends the great poet Walt Whitman in search of a killer. (Note: "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bled" is a short story. It is also available in the author's 10-story collection, Daggyland #3.) * * * New York City, 1859. Everybody comes to Pfaff's, a German tavern tucked under the sidewalk in Greenwich Village. Well, not everyone. Anyone who is artistic, anyone who is different. Artist, writers, actors... In this warm, inviting space, these antebellum creatives can be who they are meant to be. What happens in the shadows at Pfaff's stays at Pfaff's. But now, the murder of an esteemed theater critic has rattled the regulars and brought the police to Pfaff's doors. Soon, there will be questions-and scandal. Because polite, gentle New Yorkers don't want to know what's really going on here. They prefer to believe that people with such...abhorrent predilections don't exist. Only one savvy gent can crack this murder and keep Pfaff's the way it was always meant to be: disreputable. His name is Walt Whitman. Poet, newspaperman, detective. * * * "Fascinating story with great period detail."-Robert Lopresti, Little Big Crimes "D'Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books." -BookViews

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nutgraf Productions, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798894660240
• Artikelnr.: 74400098

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).