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This is a rockin' good read! Shaun Morey hit all the bases with this. Readers have never met these outrageous characters anywhere else. They come right out of Morey's rich imagination, and are crafted in such a way that makes a series of Atticus Fish novels a must. Baja California makes a beautiful backdrop for the characters to move through, and these characters are certainly on the move. Drug running from Cabo to San Diego aboard a fishing charter called the Wahoo Rhapsody pulls the reader right in. The writing style is fresh, creative, and fast paced.
Atticus Fish, as a lawyer, sued God and the Church and won! Unfortunately, Atticus runs afoul of the "Christian fanatics," and with the huge settlement from the case he heads for southern Baja. He buys an island and buries his millions in the sand. To keep his sobriety Fish builds a bar, Cantina del Cielo, his reasoning being, "hanging around drunks all day is a good reminder to stay sober." He also owns the Wahoo Rhapsody. Atticus's character continues to unfold throughout the book, as a hero on the side of right, truth and justice he is a champion for sea life, and down and out people. He rides a burro in the name of ecology and simplicity, and doesn't have a girl friend, however there are a few juicy spots for the more randy readers.
Weevil Ott, the first mate on the Wahoo Rhapsody, is also a part-time drug runner, and a hapless sort. The reader starts to feel a little sorry for him, because the author has created hilarious ways of bringing pain to the pitiful fellow who just can't seem to get a break. The bet is on that the reader will actually laugh out loud more than once while reading Weevil's plight.
"La Cucaracha" the drug lord that Ott is tangled up with begins an attack on the Rhapsody for the "fat fish" stored on ice. Morey comes up with an ingenious way of transporting drugs as there is "a fortune in marijuana" hidden inside the cold carcasses. The big yellow-tail are off-loaded to a tuna canning operation in San Diego, where the unscrupulous manager, disembowels the pot from the bellies, cans and labels the Cannabis for shipment to the cartel.
Greed bites everyone but not as hard as poor ol' Weevil, who starts digging in the sand after Atticus' millions. There are many other notable characters, but Weevil steals the show. Foiled again by the drug runners who he had worked with, and being so beaten up he turns heartless as he kills them in very nasty ways. Atticus gets to fly his seaplane into the rescue, fights the bad guys, kills a few, and the plot twists and turns like making a run through the fresh-water mangroves of Baja's inland waterways.
Shaun Morey is also the author of the bestselling "Incredible Fishing Stories" series and won the inaugural Abbey-Hill short-story contest, as well as a three-time winner of the Los Angeles Time novel-writing contest. He has a passion for southern Baja, and has lived off and on in Baja for years, which definitely shows in his descriptive details on location. His inspiration for Atticus Fish started when he "fell in love with the remote rugged beauty of Magdalena Bay." He spent days exploring the outer islands, and "rolling down steep stunning sand dunes." It was natural for Fish to buy an island and build his getaway there. Shaun Morey's second book in the series of Atticus Fish novels is coming out in August of 2012.
Martina Dobesh has been a resident of northern Baja for 12 years, having lived in southern Baja and spending much time on the Gulf of California. She is an author, journalist and editor of The Baja Sun. Her focus and intention is to bring a clearer awareness about what Baja has to offer, beyond the mainstream ideas of real estate and good food. The Baja Sun was created out of this desire. Please visit http://www.thebajasun.com/ and see for yourself. Read the stories from people who know the truth of this most amazing land. "Wahoo Rapsody" by Shaun Morey can be purchased on Amazon.com
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