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Author Event – Hugh Lessig
Join us September 16th, 1:00 – 3:00 as we host local author Hugh Lessig and showcase his latest work, Fadeaway Joe. Books will be available for sale and signing.
About the Author
Hugh Lessig spent more than 30 years as an award-winning newspaper reporter, covering everything from city council meetings to the earthquake in Haiti. Along the way, he’s met people at the highs and lows of life and interviewed accused murderers and governors, welders and lawyers, and old men who fought our nation’s wars. Born in eastern Pennsylvania, he moved to Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1997. His short stories have appeared in Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Crime Factory and Needle. In addition, his work is featured in the following anthologies: Mickey Finn 21st Century Noir, Volumes I and II; Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties; and Guns & Tacos. Fadeaway Joe is his first novel.
“Fadeaway Joe” synopsis
Once the most famous bouncer in Hampton Roads, Joe Pendergast has fallen on hard times. He’s been diagnosed with early stage dementia, and it’s cost more than a job. He’s been abandoned by his boss, Maxie Smith, the owner of Captain Maxie’s, a bar known for its beer selection and illegal poker games. Joe has collected more than a few bad debts for Maxie, whom he loved like a brother. Now cast aside, Joe plots his revenge. He’ll kill Maxie and go out with guns blazing. Better than ending up in a nursing home. But Joe didn’t count on meeting Paula Jessup, a street-smart young woman with a spiky mohawk and a cutting wit. She’s on the run from labor traffickers, and the two form an unlikely team. She needs the protection an experienced bouncer can offer. And Joe? He needs more than a plan for revenge. Paula may have the answer, but they need to trust each other. That might be impossible.