Bogg Island Blues

By Michael Glennon

"Glennon (Song & Dance) delivers an entertaining private-eye caper, the second Frank Rotten book, a detective series as proudly scuzzy as its protagonist's name suggests. . . . Glennon executes Frank's voice with jaunty flair. " My] careless gullibility had almost gotten the leading lady killed. Boo-hoo. What a weeper." . . . Impersonations, multiple identities, a miniature spy cam, and red herrings make the book a page-turner that noir and crime-caper fans will delight in." - booklife

"Glennon's clever second mystery featuring Frank Rotten (after Song and Dance) finds the Pittsburgh private eye helping out an old flame. . . With some well-concealed plot twists and a sympathetic gumshoe at its center, this affable PI novel is easy to like."
- Publishers Weekly

Who do you love and how far would you go to get them out of a jam? Questions facing GenX detective Frank Rotten as he feels the heat from old flame Maggie Malloy.

Maggie calls Frank to an island off New England for help in ending a loveless marriage while she scams her husband out his inheritance. Yet Maggie isn't the only schemer on the scene once her father-in-law takes a dubious header from the bluffs. An Indigenous medicine man, a counterfeit conservationist, a clueless real estate agent, and a conniving crook from Maggie's past all converge and stake their claims. Frank only wants a piece of Maggie's heart but frets about being played for a sap. A second death puts Frank on the spot, and he's forced to make a choice.

Bogg Island Blues is the second in the Frank Rotten series and examines the interplay of love and greed, and fallout from the pursuit of desire. Pulp fiction with a dash of existential boulder roll. Once again, the action unfolds in the mid-nineties as Frank stumbles through a noirish world and struggles to make some sense. The story echoes themes from classic hard-boiled fiction and employs a jukebox soundtrack to help Frank chart his course. Expressway to her heart, or road to nowhere? Follow along and find out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWGPY8QF
• ISBN13: 9798317832919
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 248 Pages