Michael Nethercott – författare

Meet Lee Plunkett and Mr. O''Nelligan, the unforgettable duo featured in Michael Nethercott''s The Séance Society, in this excellent short story set in the fall of 1956. When young private eye Lee Plunkett is hired by a lovely Italian immigrant to investigate the death of her father, he quickly realizes he''s in over his head. Luckily, Lee is more than ably assisted by the charming Mr. O''Nelligan, a scholarly, quick-witted Irishman with a knack for quoting Celtic bards, and, more importantly, solving crimes. In the course of their investigation--which involves prophetic dreams, stolen art, and the World Series--Plunkett and O''Nelligan must face off with a wealthy, debonair scoundrel who considers himself "the perfect man." Charming, unique, and wholly entertaining, "O''Nelligan and the Perfect Game" introduces readers to the unlikely pair of Plunkett and O''Nelligan, whose adventures continue in The Haunting Ballad.

The Seance Society introduced mystery lovers to Mr. O''Nelligan and Lee Plunkett, an unlikely pair of sleuths on an equally unlikely case with a supernatural twist. Having taken over his father''s PI business, Lee enlisted O''Nelligan, a dapper Irishman with a flair for solving mysteries, to help catch a killer. Now, in Michael Nethercott''s The Haunting Ballad, this sleuthing "odd couple" are back in another witty, charming, and wonderfully written mystery, this time set in 1957 in the burgeoning music scene of New York City''s Greenwich Village. It''s the spring of 1957, and O''Nelligan and Plunkett are summoned to New York to investigate the death of a controversial folk song collector. The trail leads the pair to a diverse group of suspects including an eccentric Beat coffee house owner, a family of Irish balladeers (who may be IRA), a bluesy ex-con, a hundred-and-five-year-old Civil War drummer boy, and a self-proclaimed "ghost chanter" who sings songs that she receives from the dead. To complicate matters, there''s a handsome, smooth-talking young folk singer who Lee''s fiancée Audrey is enthralled by. And somewhere in the Bohemian swirl of the Village, a killer waits...