Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Capitol Punishment


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       CAPITOL PUNISHMENT

       ANDY HAYES MYSTERIES

      by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

       Fourth Down and Out

       Slow Burn

       Capitol Punishment

       CAPITOL PUNISHMENT

      AN ANDY HAYES MYSTERY

       ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

      SWALLOW PRESS

      OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

      ATHENS

      Swallow Press

      An imprint of Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

       ohioswallow.com

      © 2016 by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

      All rights reserved

      All characters appearing in this work are fictitious, with the exception of well-known public figures. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Swallow Press / Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax).

      Printed in the United States of America

      Swallow Press / Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, author.

      Title: Capitol punishment : an Andy Hayes mystery / Andrew Welsh-Huggins.

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, 2016.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2015044711| ISBN 9780804011716 (hardback) | ISBN 9780804040716 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Private investigators—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | Columbus (Ohio)—Fiction. | Mystery fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / General. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.

      Classification: LCC PS3623.E4824 C37 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

      LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044711

      ISBN 9780804040716 (e-book)

      For Pam, who knows the difference between a lorgnette and a lanyard, and isn’t afraid to say so

      The town is clean and pretty, and of course is “going to be” much larger. It is the seat of the State legislature of Ohio, and lays claim, in consequence, to some consideration and importance.

      —Charles Dickens, describing his impressions of Columbus in American Notes

      Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

      —George Washington Carver, in a quote on permanent display at the Ohio Statehouse

      Sad at heart, I answered: “Sleep and my foolish crew brought me harm, but you, my friends, have the power to set all to rights.”

      —Odysseus, in Homer’s Odyssey, Book 10

      Contents

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