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Tales of the Star Republic: A Collection of Short Stories
Twelve intriguing mysteries by Edgar nominee and Shamus winner Terence Faherty featuring a reporter who specializes in the paranormal and the unexplained and the people who see things in the shadows or live in the shadows themselves.
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Published June 24, 2016
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Terence Faherty
63 books37 followersTerence 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
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
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November 13, 2016
What a delight to sit down to this wry, funny, quirky, poignant and always well-written collection of short stories. Faherty has the knack of taking you to new places with a new view and he does it over and over again. What a keen observer of life, what a beautiful writer, what a dry wit.
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