{"product_id":"9781982187866-the-nail-knot-volume-1","title":"The Nail Knot: Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"g\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eritty, brash, and totally gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Real Book Spy)\u003c\/i\u003e Bad Axe County series comes the first novel in the Fly Fishing Mystery series about \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea wayward fisherman, Ned \"Dog\" Oglivie, who finds himself in the middle of a small-town murder investigation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the going gets tough, Ned \"Dog\" Oglivie goes fly fishing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDriven by tragedy to turn his back on human society, the Dog is on a quest to trout-fish himself into oblivion all across America. Plying the back highways of the country in an old RV, provisioned with a supply of peanut butter sandwiches, bad cigars, and a loaded pistol (for when the money runs out), the Dog rolls into little Black Earth, Wisconsin, intending to fish the yellow sally stonefly hatch...and stumbles upon a body instead.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWho killed Jake Jacobs, a fellow fly fisher who was trying to save Black Earth Creek? Why was he disfigured in such a peculiar way? Why does the Dog even give a damn? By caring about the death of a stranger, can the Dog recover his own life? And can he untie the nail knot\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein this \"well-written, humorous, and engaging mystery\" (Anthony Naples, \u003ci\u003eCasting Around\u003c\/i\u003e)?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Galligan is the author of four Bad Axe County novels including,\u003ci\u003e Bad Axe County, Dead Man Dancing, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBad Moon Rising\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the Fly Fishing Mystery series, \u003ci\u003eThe Nail Knot, The Blood Knot, The Clinch Knot, The Wind Knot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eRed Sky, Red Dragonfly.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives and teaches college writing in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46482709217499,"sku":"9781982187866","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a9e99402908d4110a4c50bc18c06663d.png?v=1739174264","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781982187866-the-nail-knot-volume-1","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}