Short stories about Mick Murphy's adventures in Key West, with his usual eclectic cast of friends and enemies. The stories appear in the order they were written and include the Shamus nominated Vampire Slayer Murdered in Key West. There is a footnote after each story, giving a little history of how it was written or some other interesting fact.
Mystery Writer living in Key West, Florida. A member of MWA and ITA and PWA. Short story, Vampire Slayer Murdered in Key West, was nominated for a best short story of 2012 for a Shamus Award. He has seven books in his Mick Murphy Key West Mystery series. Haskins worked as the business editor/writer for the local Key West daily and then as the public information officer for the city, all of which has enriched his understanding of how Key West functions.
Several nice Mick Murphy stories set in Key West. Murder in Key West does a great job of telling the early story of Murphy in the Conch Republic, serving as the beginning of the Murphy Key West books and a lead-in to the novel, Chasin' The Wind.