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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
© 2016 by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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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
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