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GENRE GO ROUND REVIEWS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008
Chasin’ the Wind-Michael Haskins
Chasin’ the Wind
Michael Haskins
Five Star, Mar 2008, $25.95
ISBN: 9781594146381
At the Key West Sail Club, three men batter Tom Hunter. His
pal reporter Liam “Mad Mick” Murphy finds him and just before
he goes unconscious Tom whispers Gusanos, Cuban exiles.
Whereas police Chief Richard Dowlry assumes the upcoming Key
West Havana Boat race brought some angry Cuban exiles to the
Keys from Little Havana, Mad Mick learns otherwise. A
bartender overheard three Cubans bragging about roughing up
someone.
Mad Mick learns they are Jose Lopez, Carlos Gonzales and Pepe
Fernandez and that the Feds are protecting these hoodlums.
When Tom dies, Mick and others want justice, but the American
government turns its back on the law so led by Mick, the Conch
Republic eccentrics seek help from Cuban police officials.
With an obvious twist on who’s the good guys and who is the
bad guys, CHASIN’ THE WIND is an engaging crime thriller that
will have readers (with the exception of those who still
expect to find the WMDs) rethinking the relationship with
Cuba. The story line is fast-paced as the Feds protect the
killing Gusanos while the locals demand justice from their
government but turn elsewhere to achieve it. Fans will ponder
did Mick and crew commit treason by going to Cuba and did the
Gusanos commit murder since the government “sanctioned” them
and the government makes the law. Michael Haskins provides an
offbeat entertaining thriller that will remind ancient boomers
of Phil Ochs’ Ballad of William Worthy whose refrain is “You
are living in the free world, in the free world you must
stay”.
Harriet Klausner
www.genregoroundreviews.blogspot.com
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