Michael
Haskins, proud Hardboiled Collective member has a new book coming out, Car WashBlues, and was kind enough to tell us about it...
In Car Wash
Blues Mick Murphy begins to see friends he's always depended all turn to
advisories as two different Tijuana, Mexico drug cartels come after him. He has
been set up and turns for help/advice to a American lawyer working for the
cartels and an ex-drug smuggler.
How long
did it take you to write it?A little less than a year.
Did it take
a lot of research?
Yes and no.
Yes because I followed the Los Angeles Times' wonderful on-going series Crisis
in Mexico for years, so I had the research at my finger tips. No, because I
spent 28 summers living off-and-on in Tijuana before moving to Key West. This
experience helped me in my drive to set examples of what the people of Mexico
live with daily.
Where did
you come up with the plots; what inspired you?I wanted to visit friends in Tijuana in 2008 on my book tour. They told me no, they'd come to LA. I loved the city and people for a long time and wanted to show the public a small taste of how bad life is because of the cartels. I wish the LA Times articles were published elsewhere so other readers could know what's going on. Also wanted to bring to the front of all the trouble that it is the American consumption that drives the cartels. The profits are mostly in dollars.
What scenes
did you enjoy writing the most?
Paying the
ransom for Tita.
Who is your
favorite among the characters in the book?Of course Mick Murphy, but I have a soft spot for Padre Thomas and a need for Norm's experience. Both the characters I based my writing on died recently and they never knew each other.
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