Should Auld Acquaintance

About the Book

In this startling sequel to "Flash Flood Warning," Dennis Havens takes us forward sixteen years as Fate brings Charlie Callahan and Diane Wells together once again. Things are very different from 1984, but once again the stakes are high, reaching as far, this time, as a plot against the life of the President of the United States.

"Should Auld Acquaintance" is a rich, heady brew of political intrigue, Las Vegas money- laundering, an unbalanced bestialist living in seclusion in rural Missouri plotting an assassination, and a shadowy Moroccan power broker. For spice, there’s Irene Triplett, a small-town Kansas girl with insatiable needs whose life collides with Charlie’s at a time when he can’t be sure if she’s the best—or the worst—thing that ever happened to him.  

What sets "Should Auld Acquaintance" apart is how real, how three-dimensional its characters are. No cardboard cut-outs in this book; you can see, hear, and even smell everyone, from major players to cameo performances. If you follow the plot from its starting point in "Flash Flood Warning" and follow it to its astonishing conclusion in this shattering sequel, you will understand how inevitable it is that this new story comes full circle in the way it does.

About the Author

Dennis Havens, former Las Vegas musician, began writing mystery/suspense novels on breaks between shows. With over a dozen completed works, he is busy on a new book, set in the turbulent, high-stakes world of virtuoso conductors and New York symphonic music in the decade following World War II. Havens now makes his home in Oklahoma City.