Michael Haskins, Key West Author - Author of the Mad Mick Murphy Mysteries

About the Author, Michael Haskins Events, Book Signings, Appearances Michael Haskins Photo Gallery Read Michael Haskins Blog Links Contact Michael Haskins, Key West Author
Michael Haskins.net - Author of the Mick Murphy Key West Mysteries
Mad Mick Murphy Mysteries by Michael HaskinsWelcome to MichaelHaskins.net

In my writing, I have tried to be faithful to the island and its businesses. I should remind you that my stories are fiction, because crime as I write it does not happen in Key West. We are a long way from the mayhem and gangs of Miami, but with a vivid imagination, I have been able to create the situations needed for a political-murder mystery series.

Below is a list of my books and short stories. Feel free to read a few chapters or just browse through my site. Thank you for checking in and please keep coming back for updates.

Enjoy.
Michael Haskins

 

Books by Michael Haskins, Key West Author
Free Range Institution - the Prequel to Chasin the Wind
Free Range Institution, the sequel to Chasin' the Wind, is available to purchase. Periodically I will add chapters and I look forward to feedback from readers. » More
» Read the Reviews
» Purchase Free Range Institution
» Book Signing Photo Galleries
Chasin' the Wind - the first in the Mad Mick Murphy Series
Chasin’ the Wind nails the colorful and often violent action in both Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. It navigates corruption and small town politics in the southernmost city of the United States.» More
» Read the Reviews
» Purchase Chasin' the Wind

Revenge

When journalist Mick Murphy runs into his love fantasy in a wintry Harvard Yard, he is soon dragged into a web of brutal killings that began in Boston and end in Southern California. » More
» Purchase Revenge
» Book Signing
» Read Chapters 1-3
» Read the Reviews

Stairway to the Bottom - A Work In Progress

Mick Murphy returns a phone call that leads him into the world of a hit man for Boston gangster Whitey Blugler. Dick Walsh is on the run from witness protection now that Bulger is in custody and some think he knows where the money is hidden.  » More
» Read the Reviews
» Read chapters 1-3
» Purchase Stairway to the Bottom
Tijuana Weekend
The opening of the bullfight season in Tijuana, Mexico, finds Mick Murphy up against Central American death squads as he tries to help the 'rebel' priest escape Mexico and enter the USA with evidence of government involvement in the death of Jesuits and their housekeeper in El Salvador.
» Read Chapters
» Purchase Tijuana Weekend

Car Wash Blues

Car Wash Blues will be released in August 2012. It is my 3rd novel in the "Mad Mick" series. I'd love to get your opinions. » More
» Read Chapters

Short Stories by Michael Haskins

I have written a few short stories.
I have included them on my site, available in pdf format for you to enjoy.
» Murder in Key West
» Finding Picasso
» The Floater
» The Drumstick Murder

Michael Haskins, Author - Testimonals

"FREE RANGE INSTITUTION by Michael Haskins is “A masterful tropical mystery. Every city has an ugly underbelly populated with bad guys—even touristy Key West. In Michael Haskins’ deft storytelling, this tip-of-Florida isle—literally at the end of the road—is equal parts paradise and murderous mayhem, one made all the more exciting by his hero, Boston Irishman Mad Mick Murphy.” -- W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV, Wall Street Journal and New York Times #1 bestselling authors

“Free Range Institution: Imagine . . . cocaine cowboys, side street shootouts, big city crimes in small town surroundings, fallen angels, a chain-smoking priest . . . corruption . . . greed . . . murder . . . covert operations . . . with journalist Mad Mick Murphy reporting. Michael Haskins’ narrative makes us comfortable in Key West . . . before he roars through the island like a Tropical Hurricane. It’s a perfect storm." -- Steven M. Forman, author of “Boca Knights” and  “Boca Mournings”

“I’ve had the privilege of spending a month during each of three years on Key West. Michael Haskins, now, has lived on the Rock for more than a decade. And, like most non-natives who become reporters for local newspapers, he’s absorbed more island life and lore than most. FREE RANGE INSTITUTION is a wonderful new entry in his Mick Murphy mystery series. Happily for those who love Key West, FREE RANGE INSTITUTION is both a terrific ride through, and a terrific read about, the people and places personifying America’s beachhead in the ‘North Caribbean.’” -- Jeremiah Healy, author of RESCUE and SPIRAL

 
News Bulletin

CreateSpace
My books are now available on CreateSpace via my eStore.
Chasin' the Wind
Free Range Institution
Tijuana Weekend
Revenge
Stairway to the Bottom

.....................................

Order Your Copy of Stairway to the Bottom, the newest of the Mad Mick Murphy Mysteries from Amazon on Kindle or Barnes & Noble on Nook or on paperback.
.....................................

Key West Island Books is offering signed copies of my books with purchase.
.....................................

Please consider your local independent bookstore first before ordering online.

Websites I Recommend:
Key West Island Books
Key West, Florida
Murder on the Beach
Delray Beach, Florida
Murder by the Book
Houston, Texas
The Mysterious Bookshop
New York, NY
Book Carnival Bookstore
Book Carnival, Orange, CA
Mysterious Galaxy
San Diego, CA

This is a website with links to independent bookstores and you can see if there is one close by to you. Independent Mystery Booksellers Association


Key West Travel Guide

Information and reservations
for the island's attractions,
tours, hotels, and dining.
.....................................

Author of Short StoriesThe Drumstick Murder is my new short story available online for free.
 

Join Michael's Mailing List

Name:
Email:

Follow Me to Facebook
(coming soon)