Prove the Nameless

Owen Keane Mystery #5

by Terence Faherty

Atlantic City newspaper reporter Owen Keane is asked to investigate a twenty-year-old multiple murder that claimed all but one member of a prominent local family, and Keane does so, until the trail leads him to the murderer and his own worst fears

Genres: Mystery

294 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1996

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

[Donna Jo Atwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

A semi-hardboiled mystery. Owen Keane, a weary man with lots of personal devils, attracts convoluted cases with no easy answers. He recounts the story in a matter-of-fact voice with just enough interesting turns of phrase to keep it interesting and not so many that it gets burdensome.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another of my Uncle Terry's books. I really really enjoyed this one even though it was dark and twisty.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite so far!