I first started reading Paul McHugh’s excellent outdoor stories in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1980s. He’s a fantastic nonfiction writer, but he also writes good fiction.
His latest fiction book is Deadlines, and he’s making a special appearance in Mount Shasta:
When: April 1, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Mt. Shasta Public Library, 515 E. Alma St., Mt. Shasta, California
What: Benefit reading for the Mount Shasta Writers Series The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Refreshments will be served; $5 suggested donations. The Series receives 20% of gross sales.
Here’s a synopsis of Deadlines:
Elderly land-use activist Beverly Bancroft is found dead on a beautiful stretch of California shoreline. Her murder, disguised as a tragic accident, plunges Sebastian Palmer into his first newspaper investigation. Veteran columnist Colm MacCay is assigned as his mentor. Palmer and a new friend, Elle Jatobá, who yearns to be a cop, begin to unravel the mystery behind the death. Then the conspirators come after Palmer.
It falls to MacCay to revive his dormant investigative skills, and persuade Elle to join him in uncovering the land-grab scheme behind the assaults. MacCay and Jatobá face a determined killer. At stake are their lives and the fate of the California coast. Their search for clues takes them from waterfront bars to a smugglers’ den, from downtown San Francisco to corridors of power in Sacramento, from the glitter of Las Vegas to an isolated monastery on the Big Sur coast. En route, MacCay must battle his dubious new bosses at the Post-Dispatch, as well as his own inner demons.
Read much more in the Mount Shasta News article about Paul McHugh and Deadlines.
There’s a good chance I’ll be there myself!
Finally, my personal thanks to Paul for writing a testimonial that appears on the back cover of my 75 Hikes in California’s Mount Shasta and Lassen Volcanic National Park Regions, revised edition.
Paul McHugh, author of Deadlines
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I was hoping to discover that Paul McHugh had written about outdoor stories set in Europe but it would appear that he has not.
.-= Europeeno´s last blog ..Family Camping Holidays in Brittany =-.