Slow Burn: An Andy Hayes Mystery
4/5
()
About this ebook
Almost two years have passed since Aaron Custer supposedly set a fire at a house in Columbus that killed three college students, including the young woman with whom he had argued just hours before. Prosecutors had an ironclad case against Custer, a convicted firebug whose fingerprints were found on the lighter that started the blaze and who quickly pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.Private investigator and fallen Ohio State football star Andy Hayes is skeptical when Custer’s grandmother asks him to reopen the investigation by finding a mysterious witness who may have seen the real culprit that night. Andy’s doubts fade as he uncovers a tangle of motives for the victims’ deaths, implicating the state’s natural gas fracking boom, drug dealers, and more. But to delve deeper, Andy must once again make amends with his past. TV reporter Suzanne Gregory, a former fiancée, has more information on the Orton Avenue fire than any journalist in town, but asking for her help means reopening old wounds—just as Andy has embarked on a new relationship he’s determined not to screw up. As Andy follows Custer’s trail down ever-darker paths, he must revisit his past and decide whether he can afford to forfeit his future.
Author and reviewer Bill Osinski called Fourth Down and Out, the first of the Andy Hayes mysteries, “A tall, frosty stein of Middle-American noir, backed with a healthy shot of wry.” In this second installment, Andrew Welsh-Huggins draws on real events and current affairs to bring his city to life—warts and all.
Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a Columbus, Ohio-based Associated Press reporter, the editor of Columbus Noir, and the author of the Andy Hayes series.
Read more from Andrew Welsh Huggins
Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hunt: An Andy Hayes Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Capitol Punishment: An Andy Hayes Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fourth Down and Out: An Andy Hayes Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fatal Judgment: An Andy Hayes Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dislocating Race and Nation: Episodes in Nineteenth-Century American Literary Nationalism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHatred at Home: al-Qaida on Trial in the American Midwest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Third Brother: An Andy Hayes Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Empty Grave: An Andy Hayes Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Slow Burn
Related ebooks
Blood Safari Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Replacements Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twice Buried Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Hill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5ABOUT FACE Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWith a Madman Behind Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Darkness at Foxglove Corners: A Foxglove Corners Mystery, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoon-Ache (Lone March #2) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angel Hunts: Soul Forge, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAngel Burns: Soul Forge, #6 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Island: The Final Chapters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Even in Paradise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Incidental Justice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExperimental College Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAngel's Fire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWar at Home: A Smokey Dalton Novel: Smokey Dalton, #5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdapt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreaking In Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRunning to Cover Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWritten in Stone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCuckoo Clock Caper a Josephine Stuart Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst You Pay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWither Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Igniting (The Dark Origins) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Noble Norfleet: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Killing the Dead Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kill All of Them Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHanging Ferns Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Mother Always Said Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYellow Envy: Blood of the Masked God, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Mystery For You
Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summit Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Murdery Mystery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life We Bury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5None of This Is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden Staircase: Nancy Drew #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Club: A Reese's Book Club Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Pharmacist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jack Reacher: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dark Side: A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in the Library: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Short Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Big Lies in a Small Town: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The People Next Door Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Slow Burn
1 rating0 reviews