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"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
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"I've seen some crazy
things in Key West, but Michael Haskins' Free Range
Institution beats it all. People leaping from buildings, and
hanging from trees...angels who tell the future and enough
drugs and corruption to destroy the entire Key. Try to keep
up, because things happen at breakneck speed!"
-- Don Bruns, Stuff To Spy
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“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 |
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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.
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The
Drumstick Murder is my new short story available online for
free.
Click here
to read The Drumstick Murder |
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Chasin' the Wind and the few remaining copies are only
available at
Amazon.com and
BarnesandNoble.com and cannot be ordered at
bookstores. There are no more copies available from
the publisher.
Chasin' the Wind is now available on
Kindle and
Mobipocket
e-books and also available on
SmashWords
If you have friends who read e-books, please let
them know my book is available to them. This is a link
for free mobipocket software, incase you are
interested in reading e-books on your computer:
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Chasin' the Wind, is
now available on audio from
Books in Motion.
Click here and hear a chapter from the middle of the
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 Free
Range Institution, the sequel to Chasin' the Wind, has a
publication date of February 2011. Periodically I will add
chapters and I look forward to feedback from readers.
click here to read more
Chapter 1 :
Chapter 2 :
Chapter 3
I'd like to
thank and acknowledge local singer-songwriter
Scott
Kirby for writing the song, Free Range Institution, that
gave me the idea for the title.
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 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.
click
here to read more.
Read
the reviews. |
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I'm currently writing
my 3rd novel, Car Wash Blues, in the "Mad Mick"
series. I'd love to get your opinions.
click
here to read more
Click
here for Intro :
Chapter 1 :
Chapter
2
This is a new section to
my site.
My Works in
Progress will always include a chapter or two of my new
books and an opportunity for you to give your opinions and
comments.
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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 |
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