Hard Latitudes

Hard Latitudes is another excellent thriller from Baron R. Birtcher. At the heart of the story is Mike Travis, scion of a wealthy family who turned his back on the soulless, empty life of wealth to become a cop in L.A. After leaving the police force, Mike has moved to Hawaii and bought a yacht, whic......more

The fourth entry on the Mike Travis series is just as good as the earlier books, and that is high praise indeed. The novel begins with the protagonist looking back at incidents that began eleven years prior, and an intricate and fascinating tale it is. It starts in Macau in 1994, with an act of viole......more

Eleven years later, the protagonist has a tale to tell. Oceans away, a young woman’s hopeful story falls to despair. And a man who lives on a boat in Hawaii is hiding, somewhere between his past and future, when his world starts falling apart. Hard Latitudes is a hard story of people doing wrong for......more

I just finished HARD LATITUDES. Actually ripped through it. Loved the book. Loved the voice. Loved the narrator, who describes scene, setting and sky while weaving in emotions throughout. Travis is a great protagonist. The ex-LA-cop now charter-boat owner in Hawaii is smart, funny and cares about th......more

In my humble opinion, there is almost nothing about “Hard Latitudes” that isn’t perfect. First of all, it’s so superbly written that, while I was reading, I was constantly in awe of the author’s ability to craft a sentence, to describe a scene, to make me feel the atmosphere, feel the emotions--to b......more