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Orphan: Mayhaven Award for Fiction
In a horrific accident twenty miles west of Amarillo, Texas, veterinarian James Robert Masterson steps out into the night to find the sole survivor is a very young colt.
As there is no one to take charge of the frightened animal, Masterson agrees to take him home to his ranch in Bushland, Texas. He and his wife tend “Orphan,” never dreaming he will play a significant role in their daughter’s life—and in theirs.
When a suspicious gambler from Albuquerque, and the pushy ex-wife of the owner, claim the horse, the mystery begins.
Interwoven in this mystery are murder, battles in the court, a life and death struggle with cancer, music, and horseracing. The reader will travel to the beautiful horse country of Kentucky, and to the impressive Ruidoso Downs, home of the much sought-after All-American Futurity, the world’s richest horserace. They will also see the seamier side of horseracing driven by greed.
As there is no one to take charge of the frightened animal, Masterson agrees to take him home to his ranch in Bushland, Texas. He and his wife tend “Orphan,” never dreaming he will play a significant role in their daughter’s life—and in theirs.
When a suspicious gambler from Albuquerque, and the pushy ex-wife of the owner, claim the horse, the mystery begins.
Interwoven in this mystery are murder, battles in the court, a life and death struggle with cancer, music, and horseracing. The reader will travel to the beautiful horse country of Kentucky, and to the impressive Ruidoso Downs, home of the much sought-after All-American Futurity, the world’s richest horserace. They will also see the seamier side of horseracing driven by greed.
312 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 18, 2014
About the author
Harry Haines
20 books2 followersHarry H. Haines started out as (we kid you not) a trombone player. Trombone led to band directing. Band directing led to a doctorate and college teaching. University work and today’s "publish or perish" environment led to fifteen books, all nonfiction, most about music teaching, six about cars.
Harry liked writing and, when he retired from teaching at WTAMU, he decided to try his hand at fiction. It looked easy. Thirteen years and four books later, he has the battle scars to show that it was anything but. He attended the Iowa Summer Writers Festival four times, the Maui Writers Conference/Retreat three times, and several dozen writers' workshops located all over the country. And he entered an uncountable number of fiction contests. He failed a lot but his manuscripts have won four, big, international contests. See "awards" page on the website.
The Cover-up at Ann Arbor is about cars and the people who design and make them. But like Haines’s first two stories, the sub-plot features a singer who faces ruthless competition.
Harry and his wife Shirley (a retired librarian) live in Canyon, Texas.
Harry liked writing and, when he retired from teaching at WTAMU, he decided to try his hand at fiction. It looked easy. Thirteen years and four books later, he has the battle scars to show that it was anything but. He attended the Iowa Summer Writers Festival four times, the Maui Writers Conference/Retreat three times, and several dozen writers' workshops located all over the country. And he entered an uncountable number of fiction contests. He failed a lot but his manuscripts have won four, big, international contests. See "awards" page on the website.
The Cover-up at Ann Arbor is about cars and the people who design and make them. But like Haines’s first two stories, the sub-plot features a singer who faces ruthless competition.
Harry and his wife Shirley (a retired librarian) live in Canyon, Texas.
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