Hatred at Home

Andrew Welsh-Huggins is the Shamus, Derringer, and International Thriller Writers award-nominated author of the Andy Hayes private eye series; author of the standalone crime novel The End of the Road; and editor of the Columbus Noir anthology. His short mystery fiction has appeared in multiple magazines, including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and in many anthologies, including The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021; Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties; and Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon. His nonfiction book, No Winners Here Tonight, is the definitive history of the death penalty in Ohio.

"In Hatred at Home, Andrew Welsh-Huggins captures the unease in our backyards.… He objectively explores the nature of the nation's new and incredibly difficult balancing act—providing federal agents with the investigative and legal tools needed to prevent another 9/11, while still trying to safeguard long-cherished civil rights." (The Columbus Dispatch) "Unlike most such narratives, which limit themselves to legal issues, Hatred at Home shows readers the conspirators as they are radicalized.… This short book is the most thorough case study of the radicalization of domestic 'sleeper cells' to date." (Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries) "(Welsh-Huggins's) book provides no easy answers but does raise serious questions with repercussions far beyond Ohio. Rights and freedom, the hallmarks of American life, are among the elements at risk when fighting terrorists, who themselves are out to nullify them." (Cincinnati CityBeat) "The September 11 attacks changed plenty of things in our daily lives, from being afraid to open letters for fear of anthrax to having to remove our shoes before we get on airplanes. They changed a lot in law, too, as Associated Press reporter Andrew Welsh-Huggins explains in Hatred at Home: Al-Qaida on Trial in the American Midwest. " (Akron Beacon Journal)