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The Things That Secrets Cannot Hide

Book Four of the Vic Lenoski Mysteries
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For a Better City

Published, September 2022

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Peter W. J. Hayes was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, conveniently between lunch and teatime, as his mother was fond of saying. He spent his early years living in Newcastle and Paris, France, before his family immigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

 

Chinese language studies led him to Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China in the early 1980s. While living in Taiwan, he completed the handwritten draft of a novel, and once back in Pittsburgh, took creative writing classes at the University of Pittsburgh. Asked to join a weekly writing group by his creative writing professor, he remained a member for fifteen years and published two short stories in literary magazines that, thankfully, no longer exist. Fortunately, that first handwritten novel was misplaced.

 

During those years Peter also wrote for two Pittsburgh newspapers and a market research firm, before moving to a local company to write advertising, direct mail and marketing copy. 

 

Peter then joined the marketing department of a Pittsburgh FORTUNE 500 company and rose to Director of Marketing. Six years later that company merged with a Wall Street investment bank. As Chief Marketing Officer of the new company, he was responsible for all global marketing activities and held that position for six years before retiring.

 

Finally able to write on a regular schedule, he has published more than twenty short stories in various on-line and print publications, won or been shortlisted for several writing awards, and is currently working on the novels of his Vic Lenoski mysteries. Peter lives just outside Pittsburgh, where he tries to write every day, conveniently between lunch and teatime.

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Panelist: Tackling Social Issues panel, Malice Domestic Conference, April 30, 2023, 9:00 - 9:50 A.M.
Author-Presenter: Malice-Go-Round, Malice Domestic Conference, April 28, 2023, 10:00-11:45 A.M.
Attendee: Local Author Fair, Robinson Township Public Library, April 15, 2023, 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Book Launch Celebration: Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley PA, October 18, 2022, 7:00 P.M.
Book Launch Celebration: Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont PA, October 13, 2022, 7:00 P.M. REGISTER HERE
Panelist: Mysteries in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference, September 27, 2:45-3:45, ZOOM





 

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