 Patrick Kendrick, winner of the Florida Book Award for his historical mystery “Papa’s Problem,” will be appearing at the Wellington Branch Library on Friday, October 16 at 3:00 p.m.
Patrick Kendrick has been a freelance writer for over 20 years. He has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, such as the Miami Herald, the Palm Beach Post, the Sun Sentinel, and Reader’s Digest. He lives in West Palm Beach.
 In depression era Key West, Ernest "Papa" Hemingway becomes embroiled in a plot that involves illegal gambling and smuggling refugees when he finds himself the prime suspect in a murder. Working with the mysterious former Scotland Yard inspector, Emmet MacWain, they must delve into the dark side of this sunny paradise and find the answers that may help save hundreds of innocent lives as well as their own.
“People have asked me how I came to write this book. For years, I owned a home in Big Pine Key, about thirty miles north of Key West. I had always been a fan, though often a reluctant one, of Ernest Hemingway, since my college days. I had a hard time with the complications of his personal life, much of which he brought upon himself. It is hard to separate the myths from the facts when you deal with an historical and literary giant such as Hemingway. But, if you go to Key West, as I did many, many times from my home in Big Pine Key, you will still feel his presence. I know I did. And, as I did, I began to formulate the idea of ‘Papa’s Problem.’” |
