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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled
  • Language:English
  • Pages:192
  • eBook ISBN:9798350985689
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350985672

Song and Dance

by Michael Glennon

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Overview
In "Song and Dance", rookie PI Frank Rotten tracks a runaway middle-aged teacher through smoky clubs and casinos, uncovering betrayals, generational tensions, and personal reinvention.
Description
"Song and Dance" introduces private investigator Frank Rotten, a rookie navigating the morally gray world of mid-90s private investigating. When suburban elementary teacher William "Billy" Gardner vanishes into Atlantic City's casinos and strip clubs, his wife Liz hires Frank to bring him home. But with Liz's meddling mother, a scheming lover, and Frank's own conflicts of interest, the case spirals into a high-stakes showdown across generational divides. Set at the dawn of the digital age, Frank's analog methods clash with an evolving world as he solves cases the hard way—up close and personal. With echoes of classic hard-boiled fiction, the fast-paced narrative captures the smoky allure of casinos, interspersed with pop music and sharp wit. Frank's journey through Pittsburgh and beyond is one of adventure, ambition, and survival, making Song and Dance a gritty, layered exploration of dreams lost and reclaimed.
About the author
Michael Glennon was born and raised in Upper Darby PA and currently resides along the Jersey Shore. He attended Antioch College and has worked a variety of day jobs (kindergarten teacher, desk clerk, insurance adjustor) since graduating. His stories have appeared in "The Red Herring Mystery Magazine", "Horror Sleaze Trash", and "Short-Story.me." "Song and Dance" is the inaugural entry in the Frank Rotten series.