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    The Sweatergeist
    The Sweatergeist
    The Sweatergeist
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    The Sweatergeist

    By Joseph D'Agnese

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    (Note: The Sweatergeist is a short story that also appears in the larger collection Daggyland #1, by the same author.)

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    Meet Archie Bleecker, the fingerless detective. The poor bastard entered this world without any digits.

    He earns his keep by solving New York’s most irrelevant cases.

    When a rich man hires him to investigate the case of a sweater that won’t stay put, Bleecker’s got more than mystery on his hands.

    Part ghost story, part private eye yarn, D’Agnese’s latest tale investigates the mystery of true love.

    This short story first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.

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    “D’Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books.”—Bookviews

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoseph D'Agnese
    Release dateSep 22, 2014
    ISBN9781941410110
    The Sweatergeist
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    Joseph D'Agnese

    Joseph D’Agnese is a journalist and author who has written for children and adults alike. He’s been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Discover, and other national publications. In a career spanning more than twenty years, his work has been honored with awards in three vastly different areas—science journalism, children’s literature, and mystery fiction. His science articles have twice appeared in the anthology Best American Science Writing. His children’s book, Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci, was an honoree for the Mathical Book Prize—the first-ever prize for math-themed children’s books. One of his crime stories won the 2015 Derringer Award for short mystery fiction. Another of his stories was selected by mega-bestselling author James Patterson for inclusion in the prestigious annual anthology, Best American Mystery Stories 2015. D’Agnese’s crime fiction has appeared in Shotgun Honey, Plots with Guns, Beat to a Pulp, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. D’Agnese lives in North Carolina with his wife, the New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan (The Girls of Atomic City).

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