Fadeaway Joe, Hugh Lessig
Fadeaway Joe, Hugh Lessig
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Fadeaway Joe

Author: Hugh Lessig

Narrator: Lewis Arlt, Karissa Vacker

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2023

Synopsis

Sixty-four-year-old Joe has known violence his entire life. For forty years, he’s 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’t sure where to lay the blame—on Maxie, the man he once considered his brother, or on the early-onset Alzheimer’s that made Maxie lose faith in him in the first place. To keep his head above water, he begins to operate a food truck that’s barely getting by. Desperate to regain some purpose in his life, Joe makes a life-altering decision: he’s 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’s on the run from a trafficking ring she’s been investigating. The two form an unlikely bond: Paula needs some protection and Joe needs a purpose. With the stakes running high and the clock ticking down—will this gamble pay off?

About Hugh Lessig

Hugh Lessig is the author of Fadeaway Joe. His short stories have appeared in Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Crime Factory, Needle, and the anthologies Guns & Tacos, Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties, and Mickey Finn 21st Century Noir, Volumes I and II. He spent more than thirty years as an award-winning newspaper reporter, covering everything from city-council meetings to the earthquake in Haiti.

About Lewis Arlt

Lewis Arlt is an experienced narrator, voiceover artist, and actor who has been seen on television and Broadway. A seasoned professional, he is able to narrate a variety of genres. He currently resides in the Catskill Mountains in New York’s Hudson Valley, where he records out of his home studio.

About Karissa Vacker

Karissa Vacker is a multiple Earphones award-winning narrator and actress whose audiobook credits include romance, young-adult fiction, and mystery thrillers. A graduate from Southern Methodist University, she performed in regional theaters across the country before moving to Los Angeles, where she has guest starred in network television shows and films and continues to work on screen, on stage, and behind the mic.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bharath on July 10, 2023

There is something to be said about easy reads. They give you a respite from serious stuff which requires a lot of concentration & note taking. This is one such – few but loveable characters and a straightforward story with some out of the usual elements thrown in. Joe has worked for Maxie and been......more

Goodreads review by Stefan on May 28, 2023

It is being said that revenge is a dish best served cold. It's also being said that Justice is truth in action. So can the action of dishing out revenge also be a form of justice? I'm afraid the real world isn't that simple - but lucky for us, books and stories can be simpler and enable us to feel t......more

Goodreads review by MikeLikesBooks on September 06, 2023

I listen to the audiobook for Fadeaway Joe. It is marketed that if you like S.A. Cosby you will like this book. It does have a vibe similar to Cosby’s books. The characters are all morally gray. There is murder, human trafficking, and violence. Joe and Maxie are like brothers but there is a falling......more

Goodreads review by Annarella on September 17, 2023

You cannot help loving Joe, the old man with a colourful past and a onset of dementia. His story and his characters are well done and he's good guy who did bad things. There's a lot going on and there's fast paced and adrenaline fuelled final. A good story, a tense thriller and a cast of well develope......more

Goodreads review by Lyle on June 25, 2024

Blew thru this in less than 24 hours. Great story and easy to read. A wonderful first novel for Lessig.......more

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