{"id":18630,"date":"2023-08-24T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T07:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themysteryofwriting.com\/?p=18630"},"modified":"2023-08-23T14:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:15:34","slug":"fadeaway-joe-a-debut-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themysteryofwriting.com\/2023\/08\/24\/fadeaway-joe-a-debut-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Fadeaway Joe: A Debut Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fadeaway Joe<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>the debut thriller from Hugh Lessig<\/p>\n

Author Interview + Book & Author Info + Author Pet Corner!<\/h2>\n

Don\u2019t miss any author interviews.\u00a0Click the link here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
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Fadeaway Joe<\/em><\/h2>\n

\"FadeawayPerfect for fans of S. A. Cosby and Allen Eskens, Joe Pendergast must go all in one last time as he grapples with the ghosts of his past\u2013and present\u2013in this gritty, high-stakes thriller.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sixty-four-year-old Joe has known violence his entire life. For forty years, he\u2019s worked as an enforcer for loan shark and close friend Maxie Smith, breaking more than a few bones along the way. When Maxie abruptly fires him, Joe isn\u2019t sure where to lay the blame\u2014on Maxie, the man he once considered his brother, or on the early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s that made Maxie lose faith in him in the first place.<\/p>\n

To keep his head above water, he begins to operate a food truck that\u2019s barely getting by. Desperate to regain some purpose in his life, Joe makes a life-altering decision: he\u2019s going to take down Maxie Smith by any means necessary, once and for all. However, his plan of revenge is sidelined when he meets twenty-two-year-old Paula Jessup, a wise-cracking amateur detective with a few scheming cards up her sleeve, who\u2019s on the run from a trafficking ring she\u2019s been investigating. The two form an unlikely bond: Paula needs some protection and Joe needs a purpose.<\/p>\n

With the stakes running high and the clock ticking down\u2014will this gamble pay off?<\/p>\n

To purchase Fadeaway Joe<\/em>, click on the following links: Amazon<\/a>, Penguin Random House<\/a>, Barnes and Noble<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
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Interview with Hugh Lessig, author of\u00a0Fadeaway Joe<\/em><\/h2>\n

Fadeaway Joe <\/i><\/b>focuses on Joe Pendergast, a man with early-stage dementia, what drew you to writing about a character with that condition?<\/span><\/h3>\n

My father had early-stage dementia some years ago. He was a retired truck driver, a U.S. Marine who came home from Okinawa in World War II and a star baseball player in high school. He\u2019d never been sick, and his slow decline was difficult to watch. <\/span><\/p>\n

Years later when I envisioned Fadeaway Joe<\/strong><\/em>, I wondered how a diagnosis would affect a man who depended on his fists to make a living, and how his \u201cfamily,\u201d in this case a criminal enterprise, would view it. <\/span><\/p>\n

The answers to both questions pose big problems for Joe. First, although he is still physically imposing at the start of the story, he knows his time is limited. Second, the criminal organization has abandoned him, which puts him a path of revenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

What else would you like readers to know about Joe?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Joe faces hard choices. On one level, this story is a straight-up crime novel, but it\u2019s also about a man looking back on the decisions he\u2019s made (most of them bad) and considering how he wants to be remembered. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s about the decisions we make as our lives are winding down.<\/span><\/p>\n

In <\/span>Fadeaway Joe<\/i><\/b>, Joe forms an unlikely alliance with Paula Jessup, what would you like readers to know about her?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Paula is newly homeless, living out of her car. She\u2019s on the run from labor traffickers, having disrupted their operation by rescuing a woman. She fancies herself a detective. She\u2019s biracial, physically fit and wears her hair in a Mohawk. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paula meets Joe by happenstance early in the story, and two are complete opposites. She does a great job of pushing Joe out of his comfort zone. Yet she is drawn to him because he can provide the sort of protection she needs. She is both concerned and fascinated by his controlled violence\u2014he defends her a couple of times from thugs\u2014and she wants to help him get revenge on his boss, but in a more nuanced way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to writing your first novel, you worked as a journalist\u2014how did that career prepare you to write fiction?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Working as a newspaper reporter requires you to write under all types of circumstances: when you\u2019re rushed, tired, stressed, sitting a hotel lobby or airport terminal, or when you simply don\u2019t feel like it. You still have to press your fingers against the keyboard. This is great training for fiction writing. <\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need to play my special music or settle in my special place. (That said, I do have favorite music and a preferred place, so maybe I\u2019m getting soft in my old age!)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Journalism also teaches you how to work with editors, to accept feedback and changes. And of course, you meet all sorts of people who are experiencing highs and lows. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve interviewed lottery winners and workers who have been laid off from their jobs. I covered the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, traveled with doctors to Ecuador and spent two weeks in pre-war Ukraine in 2018. You meet all sorts of people, and they are all fodder for stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to novels, you also write short stories, how do those two categories of literature differ? Do you approach novels differently than a short story? What is your writing process like?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I struggled to make the transition from short stories to novels. Writing short stories came naturally, probably because of my newspaper background. A novel seemed like gargantuan task. <\/span><\/p>\n

At first, I outlined everything from beginning to end. That resulted in two novels in the drawer, unsold. I am not a pantser who can start from scratch. I gradually developed a hybrid process where I outline major points along the way, but leave room for discovery. <\/span><\/p>\n

When I start, I need to know the beginning and the end. I need to know major characters. But other characters will pop up and demand their voices be heard, and the ending isn\u2019t what I always envisioned. <\/span><\/p>\n

I learned to enjoy the journey and allow myself to be surprised along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love how you learned to enjoy the journey!<\/h3>\n

What are you working on now?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I\u2019m working on a stand-alone novel about a small-town thief trying to reform her ways. <\/span><\/p>\n

She is blackmailed into burglarizing the home of a rich woman. Instead of cash, she uncovers evidence of a secret that will alter the history of her hometown and put prominent people in jail. But will people believe a thief-turned-whistleblower? It is tentatively titled MALLETS and is about the secrets that live and fester in small towns. (Fester is a bit much. I really like small towns.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have three short stories coming out in anthologies from Down & Out Books, including a collection of tales set in the Prohibition era that will be released in September.<\/span><\/p>\n

Words of Wisdom for Aspiring Writers:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

I keep a quote from Andre Dubus near my desk: \u201cTalent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know that talent is <\/span>cheap. <\/span><\/i>Heck, talent is great, but it means nothing without persistence and discipline. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of my favorite books of all time is titled, Working Days<\/em>. It\u2019s the journal kept by John Steinbeck as he wrote The Grapes of Wrath<\/em>. He finished it in three <\/span>months. With a pen! I can\u2019t stress enough the value of simply getting words onto the page. Don\u2019t wait for drops of blood to form on your forehead or lightning bolts of inspiration. Sit in your seat. Press your fingers against the keyboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Author Pet Corner!<\/h2>\n

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My girlfriend, Shana, and I have dogs. Gus is our grumpy old man, a border terrier who tends to be social on his own time. <\/span><\/p>\n

Our newcomer is Daisey May. She is a Plott Hound, which I never knew existed until we adopted her from rescue shelter. <\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t think of a better dog for me, since I tend to be plot-challenged. So far, Daisey hasn\u2019t offered any suggestions, but I\u2019m holding out hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hugh Lessig, author of Fadeaway Joe<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Hugh Lessig<\/b>\u00a0spent more than thirty years as an award-winning newspaper reporter, covering everything from city council meetings to the earthquake in Haiti.<\/p>\n

Along the way, he\u2019s 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\u2019s wars.<\/p>\n

Born in eastern Pennsylvania, he moved to Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1997.<\/p>\n

His short stories have appeared in\u00a0Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Crime Factory\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Needle<\/i>. In addition, his work is featured in the following anthologies:\u00a0Mickey Finn 21st Century Noir, Volumes I and II; Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties;\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Guns & Tacos<\/i>.\u00a0Fadeaway Joe\u00a0<\/i>is his first novel.<\/p>\n

To find out more about Hugh, check out his website<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, or Instagram<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
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All We Buried<\/strong><\/em>, available\u00a0now in print, e-book, and audio.<\/p>\n

Silver Falchion Award Finalist, Best Investigator<\/p>\n

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