The Séance Society
ISBN-13: 978-1250017390 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication date: 10/1/2013 Pages: 304 It's 1956, and Lee Plunkett has taken over the family business as a private investigator in Connecticut. When murder intrudes on a group of ghost seekers, Lee agrees to take on the case …despite his reluctance to follow in his father's footsteps. At the urging of his perpetual fiancée Audrey, he enlists the help of Mr. O'Nelligan, a scholarly Irishman with a penchant for quoting Celtic bards and Shakespeare – and a keen eye for solving mysteries. The dPuo is drawn into a murder investigation involving the “Spectricator," a machine designed to communicate with the dead. Soon, Plunkett and O'Nelligan are knee-deep in a suspect pool that includes a surly medium, a former speakeasy queen, a mysterious Spanish widow, and a slew of eccentric servants. The Séance Society is a fresh take on the traditional whodunit. 
The Haunting Ballad
ISBN-13: 978-1250017406 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication date: 9/30/2014 Pages: 320 In The Haunting Ballad, the sleuthing "odd couple" of O'Nelligan and Plunkett are back in another classic whodunit, this time set in the burgeoning music scene of New York City's Greenwich Village. It's the spring of 1957, and the detectives 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... A Short Story featuring O'Nelligan & Plunkett:
O'Nelligan
and the Perfect Game ISBN-13: 9781466843677 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication date: 8/13/2013 Sold by: Macmillan Format: eBook Short Story Pages: 25 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." |
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