Deadlines
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Deadlines A Novel Paul McHugh When an elderly land-use activist dies on a stretch of California shoreline, a young reporter, Sebastian Palmer, is assigned to write the story. Assisted by his friend Elle Jatobá, a Brazilian rock-climbing instructor and martial arts expert who longs to be a cop, Palmer finds that Beverly Bancroft’s death appears to have been a murder disguised as an accident. The newspaper orders veteran columnist Colm MacCay to watch over and mentor Palmer, but MacCay, a troubled alcoholic, is ineffective, and Palmer soon becomes the victim of a vicious assault. With the comatose Palmer hospitalized, MacCay convinces Elle to help him revive his own derelict investigative skills, and the unlikely duo discovers that a corporate land-grab scheme lies behind both attacks. Now MacCay and Jatobá must face a crafty and determined killer and a lawman who’s not necessarily on their side. At stake are both their lives, as well as the fate of the California coast. “The themes of Paul McHugh’s companionable, rock-solid and soul-satisfying mystery could not be more modern and relevant. But it is his wonderful character, the has-been alcoholic newspaper columnist Colm MacCay, who will stay with you, and who channels McHugh’s considerable writing talent into a voice that surprises and delights with all the narrative panache of the classic Irish storyteller. Deadlines is a superior story, not to be missed.” — John Lescroart, New York Times best-selling author Available from Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Partners/West Published by Lost Coast Press ISBN 978-1-935448-04-4 · Paperback · 256 Pages · 5.5 X 8.5