The Nail Knot; A Fly Fishing Mystery

Madison, WI: Bleak House Books, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Peter Streicher (Cover photo). Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.75 inches. [6], 252, [6] pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the Author on the title page. Inscription reads To Bryan--Tight lines! John Galligan. John Galligan is the author of the Bad Axe County series. He has written five other novels: Red Sky, Red Dragonfly; The Nail Knot; The Blood Knot; The Clinch Knot; and The Wind Knot. In addition to being a novelist, he has worked as a newspaper journalist and a feature-film screenwriter,. He teaches writing at Madison College. He has won awards as a feature journalist, sports journalist, and short story writer before settling on a career as a novelist. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, John is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a degree in English Literature (MA). This book marks the first in a series of murder mysteries featuring the "Dog" by John Galligan. Includes Acknowledgments, Time to get the hell out of Black Earth, In the cave of the Cruise Master, A Woman called Junior, The yellow sallies hatch t eight; She has implicated me in her crime; Be sure now, fella; his man is here to help us; Everything is going to work out; The way of the Dog; Thing might not work out; All possibilities remained open; The guy who got him killed; Jack's yellow sallies; A Little more faith would be appreciated; The Peche Tot; Dickie Pee; What Ingrid Jacobs meant; Good work by Jacobs; Hey, trout guy; Show me how it's done; Leap of Faith; The Time was now; Jake's wake; A Man who could take you down; A twenty-eight-inch brown; When the going gets tough; I know how he felt; Jesus at the cheese factory. The going has gotten tough, and Ned "Dog" Oglivie has gone fishing. Fly fishing. For trout. All across America. At least until his money runs out . . . Driven by tragedy to turn his back on human society, the Dog is on a quest to fish himself into oblivion. And he's nearly made it. Playing the back highways of America in a wounded old RV . . . provisioned with a supply of peanut butter sandwiches, bad cigars, and vodka-Tang . . . armed with a loaded pistol (for when the money runs out) . . . the Dog is nearly at the end of his tether when he rolls into little Black Earth, Wisconsin, intending to fish the yellow sally stonefly hatch . . . and finds a body instead. Who killed Jake Jacobs, fellow fly fisher and late-coming agitator who was trying to save Black Earth Creek? Why was Jacobs disfigured in such a peculiar way? Why does the Dog give a damn? Can he rekindle his faith and interest in humankind? By caring about the death of a stranger, can the Dog recover his own life? Can he untie The Nail Knot?