Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou

Author(s): Michael Matza

Location(s): Haiti

Genre(s): Thriller, Mystery

Era(s): Contemporary

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Set amid Haiti’s worst security crisis in a century – foreshadowing the assassination of President Jovenel Moise – Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou blends history, culture, religion and superstition in a suspenseful story about a loyal friend on a quest for justice and the tender promise of second-chance love.
This novel by two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Michael Matza takes readers from the pastoral hills of the Artibonite Valley to the teeming markets of Port-au-Prince and the shantytown Cite Soleil. From an orphanage for malnourished children, to the high-end hotels where Haiti’s elite and ex-pats mingle. From a medical clinic in a former gang house that once held hostages, to a rundown rural hospital where women give birth on bare gurneys unless they bring their own sheets. From the boutiques of Miami’s “Little Haiti,” to the metal-art workshops and pill-hawking “street pharmacists” of Croix-des-Bouquets.
Join American journalist Charlie Carter, British nurse Corinne Martin, Haitian investigator Kenley Claud and FBI special agent Jean “JB” Belizaire as they hunt for whoever killed Dr. Sanctis Beauvoir.
With an epilogue that includes a recipe for the iconic soup, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s prestigious citation recognizing the velvety, yellow broth as a unifying symbol of Haitian identity throughout the world, and a valuable part of humanity’s cultural legacy.

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