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The Nail Knot: A Fly Flishing Mystery (Fly Fishing Mysteries) [Kindle Edition]

John Galligan
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Galligan's Nail Knot moves like a Wisconsin spring creek. -- John G. Motoviloff, author of Driftless Stories

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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?

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 428 KB
  • Publisher: Tyrus Books (January 1, 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005O399F0
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,752 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An original and deftly written murder mystery, January 17, 2004
The Nail Knot by John Galligan is an original and deftly written murder mystery about Ned "Dog" Oglivie, a dedicated fly fisherman in Wisconsin who is unfortunate enough to find the disfigured and dead body of Jake Jacobs (Dog's fellow fly fisher and a late-coming agitator trying to save Black Earth Creek). Confronted with n entire small town of suspects, Dog's desire to leave the town is thwarted and he must solve the mystery and find the killer -- and in doing so, Dog comes to rediscover what it means to care about another human being, whether living or dead. The Nail Knot is a terrific mystery that rivets the readers rapt and total attention from beginning to end!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book., April 27, 2010
This is an engrossing, fun book. It was one of the few books I have read lately that I couldn't wait to pick up. The protagonist, if you can call him that, is Ned Ogilvie, really known throughout the book as Dog. At first this sort of tripped me up, since I initially thought it was a gimmick. But I was totally wrong. Dog's story is intriguing and wrapped into the mystery of who killed the yuppie environmentalist Jake Jacobs. Jake has settled in Black Earth with his wife, who has opened an espresso shop in a town of Maxwell House drinkers. I found the writing excellent, easy to read but not simplistic.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Could not figure this one out!, January 22, 2012
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Cannot believe I actually read a book about fly fishing and completed it. Of course there is not much fishing in this and loads of trying to solve a mystery. The author does a good job of drawing you in after the first couple of chapters. I almost stopped reading it when I kept coming across a man named "Dog"... But I kept with it and got involved. Ended up with a good plot and some fun reading.
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