Die Dreaming

Owen Keane Mystery #4

by Terence Faherty

Die Dreaming by Terence Faherty released on May 24, 1996 is available now for purchase.

Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1994

About the author

Terence Faherty (1954-) is an American author of mystery novels.

My name is Terence Faherty. I'm a storyteller whose stories most often take the form of mysteries. (A critic once noted, cryptically but correctly, that all my stories are mysteries, even the ones that aren't.) I do see basic storytelling and mystery solving as linked, because in so many stories the protagonist is trying to answer a question or right a wrong. This is why I see the mystery and especially the private eye story as a particularly straightforward form of storytelling: a problem is posed and a hero sets out to resolve it. (At least, it would be straightforward if all clients were forthcoming and truthful.)

I've written two series in book form. The Owen Keane series follows the bumpy life of a failed seminarian turned amateur sleuth (a job title I love). It's been nominated twice for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award and once for the Anthony Award and it's won a Macavity Award from Mystery Readers International. The Scott Elliott series is set in old Hollywood during its decline and fall. Elliott, an operative for a shady security company, tries to slow that decline and fall in his own small way. Elliott has been nominated for three Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers of America and taken home two.


* Uncanny: Short story writen by Terence Faherty.

Series:
* Owen Keane Mystery
* Scott Elliott Mystery

Reviews

[Jess Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had a particularly hard time getting through the first hundred pages of this book. I was about to give up completely when I saw that the first part had ended and it skipped ahead ten years. The second part was much easier to get through, but still couldn't quite make up for the weird story pacing and oddly whiney but (sort of) self-flagelating main character.

The description of the book made it sound much like Odd Thomas, a detective character with a boring life (for Odd Thomas, fry cook, for this guy, bartender) who comes across metaphysical problems that require a belief in the unusual. In actuality it read like a nosy man poking into people's history because he's bored with trying to figure out the meaning of life.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could picture the setting (in my hometown) exactly as the author (my uncle) intended. Very cool!