Gritty Night-Life of Taxi Driver in Early 70's

Author Rush Williams gives readers a free ticket to the never-boring life of a nightshift cab driver who encounters edge-of-your-seat adventures while struggling with a significant life transition, in the fast-paced novel "Night Work."

Pinehurst, NC (PRWEB) November 5, 2006 -- In January, Curt Mellam - executive, widower, and for five years a single parent - prices an imported sports car as a high school graduation present for his beloved only child, Karen. Curt is expecting her to drive it to Georgetown University in the fall for her freshman year, but unfortunately, fate has another plan. Instead, by summer he is dodging bullets as a moonlighting cab driver, scrounging for every dollar, and is left wondering how he will ever pay his daughter's next semester's tuition.

Rush William's novel "Night Work" (ISBN 0595327583) is a non-stop cab ride that takes readers from one thrilling encounter to another, all the while unfolding a deeply profound personal growth story for one man. Through a series of debilitating events, Curt, a toe-the-line, self effacing business executive and "company man," finds himself working the night shift in the coarse streets of a midsize city in the upper South during the early seventies. Faced with unprecedented danger on the job including murder, corrupt inner city police and drug dealing, Curt discovers a side of life, and himself, that he could have never imagined.

Williams' colorful cast of strange and interesting characters dash in-and-out of Curt's cab, all the while adding adventure and unbelievable storylines that are closer to real-life that one would think. From a little old lady junk collector that tips him better than most affluent people, to getting mistaken for a drug dealer and being chased and shot at, to the incident where drugs and kiddy porn were discovered in his cab leading to a police confrontation, to a romantic interlude with a mystery woman who enters his cab, "Night Work" overflows with the steamy underbelly atmosphere of late night inner city.

Through Curt's many encounters, he comes face to face with the understanding of the commonality of human problems and the value of strong relationships. Forced to rethink his values, Curt undergoes a vivid transformation that changes him into a fully alive human being. "Night Work" combines adventure, mystery, romance, and self-realization into a fascinating story of a side of life most people never get to see.

Rush Williams lives in Pinehurst, NC and is eminently qualified to write about work. He has been a sailor, a taxi driver, a counselor, a chaplain, a nuclear scientist, a textile chemist, and an executive. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Williams has now returned to the North Carolina Sandhills, the land of golf courses and peach orchards, and now enjoys working at his first love, writing fiction and poetry. "Night Work" (ISBN 0595327583) can be purchased at online bookstores. For more information, visit www.nightworkrwilliams.com

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