Local Knowledge

Kieran Lenahan Mystery #1

by Conor Daly

Competing in the Capitol Metropolitan Golf championship, lawyer-turned-golf pro Kieran Lenahan is taken in for questioning by the police, who believe that his young ward is responsible for the murder of millionaire country-club owner Sylvester Miles. "A FAST-PACED MYSTERY" —THE NEW YORK TIMES Set in the world of pro-am golf, Kieran Lenahan, golf pro at Milton Country Club in Westchester County, N.Y., has just earned a berth in a local PGA tournament when the police inform him that the body of one of his club's co-owners has been fished out of a water hazard. Lenahan, a former lawyer, is stunned to hear he has been named in the dead man's will and designated to evaluate a set of rare, legendary Blitzklubs clubs, the sale of which is the sole inheritance for the dead man's beautiful trophy wife. Then the clubs are stolen, and Lenahan's young shop assistant, a reforming juvenile delinquent, is arrested for the murder. Lenahan must find the real murderer to free his assistant, search for the clubs—and prepare to play his opening PGA round. As Publisher's weekly says, "Even non-golfers will delight in Lenahan's love of the game and the fairway world." "DALY SCORES A BIRDIE" —PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY Conor Daly is the pen name of a practicing attorney.

Genres: Mystery

270 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1995

About the author

A pseudonym of K.J. Egan.

Series:
* Kieran Lenahan Mystery

Conor Daly is the pseudonym used by Goodreads author Kevin Egan for a three-book golf mystery series that appeared several years ago. The series featured Kieran Lenahan, a golf pro whose former life as an attorney bedevils his attempts to compete on the PGA Tour. The series comprised Local Knowledge, Buried Lies, and Outside Agency. Although each title is a well-known golf term, the stories did not require any golf knowledge on the part of the reader. In 1996, with many golf novels appearing in bookstores, the Booklist review of Buried Lies stated: “Good golf scenes and a believable mystery make this second Kieran Lenahan novel the best golfing mystery on the market.”

The actual books in the series are only available only on the secondary market. However, e-book versions are available from ReAnimus Press.