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SUMMARY:Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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DESCRIPTION:Columbus crime novelist Andrew Welsh-Huggins joins us to talk 
 about his latest Andy Hayes mystery\, Rescue Me..\nhttps://columbus.libnet
 .info/event/17044705
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Authors at the Library<br />with Andrew W
 elsh-Huggins</h2>\n<h3>Monday\, September 21 | 6 p.m.<br />Dublin Branch |
  <span>75 N. High St.\, Dublin\, OH 43017</span></h3>\n<p><strong>5:30 p.m
 . |</strong> Book Sale by Gramercy Books<strong><br /></strong><strong>6:0
 0 p.m. |</strong> Author Talk<br /><strong>6:45 p.m. |</strong> Audience Q
 &amp\;A&nbsp\;<br /><strong>7:00 p.m. |</strong> Book Sale and Signing</p>
 \n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></p>\n<p>Columbus crime novelist <st
 rong>Andrew Welsh-Huggins</strong>\, is the Shamus\, Derringer\, and Inter
 national Thriller Writer-award nominated author of the thrillers&nbsp\;<em
 >The Mailman</em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<em>The End of The Road&nbsp\;</em>and o
 f the Andy Hayes private eye series. He is also the editor of the antholog
 y<em>&nbsp\;Columbus Noir</em>. Andrew&rsquo\;s short fiction has appeared
  in&nbsp\;<em>Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine</em>\,&nbsp\;<em>Ellery Qu
 een Mystery Magazine</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>Black Cat Weekly</em>\, and in m
 ultiple anthologies including&nbsp\;<em>The Best Mystery Stories&nbsp\;of 
 the Year</em> 2021 and 2024.</p>\n<p>When he&rsquo\;s not writing or repor
 ting\, Andrew enjoys running\, reading\, cooking\, playing the piano\, spe
 nding time with family\, and trying to remember why having both cats and p
 arakeets seemed like a good idea at the time.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www
 .andrewwelshhuggins.com/">Read more about Andrew here</a>.</p>\n<p><img sr
 c="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_t
 he_Library/Andrew_WH.jpg" width="200" height="300" alt="" /><img src="http
 s://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_the_Libr
 ary/Rescue_Me-Final.jpg" width="194" height="300" alt="" /></p>\n<p><stron
 g>ABOUT THE BOOK</strong></p>\n<p><span>Private eye Andy Hayes confronts h
 is personal prejudices and assumptions when an unorthodox case comes his w
 ay in <strong><em>Rescue Me</em></strong>. Tim Watkins is a young drag art
 ist performing under the name Tiara Treatwell and facing online abuse and 
 in-person stalking from anti-LGBTQIA crusaders. While Andy suspects the at
 tacks are connected to a protest outside a drag story hour Tim attended we
 eks earlier in suburban Columbus\, he has no direct evidence of a link. Ti
 m&rsquo\;s concerns unfold against a groundswell of right-wing activism in
  the Ohio Statehouse\, led by a failed state senate candidate who insists 
 his opponent\, a Somali American woman\, stole the election.</span><br /><
 br /><span>Bail bondsman Otto Mulligan&mdash\;Tim&rsquo\;s cousin and Andy
 &rsquo\;s closest friend&mdash\;persuades Tim it&rsquo\;s in his best inte
 rest to accept Andy as bodyguard and escort until they can figure out who 
 is behind the threats. Tim\, who is Black and queer\, is reluctant to work
  with Andy\, dismissing him as an insensitive and macho ex&ndash\;football
  star. Andy doesn&rsquo\;t do himself any favors by acknowledging he&rsquo
 \;s never attended a drag performance or even bothered to learn anything a
 bout the culture.</span><br /><br /><span>As Tim and Andy&rsquo\;s relatio
 nship is tested\, Tim comes under attack by a pair of masked assailants\, 
 and only with the help of a concerned passerby does Andy manage to save bo
 th their lives. As Andy and the police search for clues to the assault\, A
 ndy follows a lead to an Ohio white supremacist group called the Promise L
 ords\, which orchestrated the protest at the drag story hour. Andy enlists
  an old ally\, Ronald J. McQuillen\, a freelance analyst who helps law enf
 orcement track and prosecute hate groups. Meanwhile\, Andy&rsquo\;s invest
 igation leads to conflict with Henrietta Millner\, a nightside Columbus po
 lice detective who&rsquo\;s not happy to have Andy on her turf. Caught in 
 the middle of this skirmish is Andy&rsquo\;s grown daughter\, Alex Rutledg
 e\, who&rsquo\;s training to be a Columbus police officer. Andy and Henrie
 tta&rsquo\;s uneasy partnership deteriorates when Andy\, spurred by a cryp
 tic comment from Alex\, questions why a veteran investigator like Millner 
 is stuck on the night shift.</span><br /><br /><span>As Andy&rsquo\;s sear
 ch for the identity of Tim&rsquo\;s stalkers ramps up\, increasingly bizar
 re clues emerge that may have connections to a broader plot. With time run
 ning out\, Andy must put the pieces together to save Tim\, and many others
 \, from a violent and potentially deadly confrontation.</span></p>\n<p></p
 >\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE EVENT</strong></p>\n<p>The event is free to the pu
 blic but due to limited seating registration is requested.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>
 Readers are welcome to bring books from home for Andrew to sign or purchas
 e Andrew's books on site.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/event/1
 7044705
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