Pirates of Las Tortugas is a light-hearted look at life and larceny on a tax-free Caribbean island with a group of innocents and rogues.
Populated with larger-than-life characters, charming scoundrels, fraudsters and scam artists, this compendium of short stories was inspired by true events. It's the perfect read for the beach while sipping your favorite cocktail or even holed up in a cabin on a frosty winter's day.
Pirates of Las Tortugas is the first in a series of Caribbean-based stories. The second novel, Soon Come, focuses on a failing Caribbean airline and like it's predecessor, was inspired by true life with the action taking place on the same imaginary island of Las Tortugas.
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Written by Lise Moule, adapted from a short story written by Douglas Tardif
Things go very wrong for a mobster when he contracts a hit on his ex-wife. Wealthy, psychopathic mobster, Tony Rulli, has an ex-wife hounding him for child support, an expensive drug habit and a trophy second wife with expensive tastes.
To ease his financial burdens and regain control of his life, Tony contracts a hit on his ex-wife. The hit team botches the job and things start to fall apart for Tony.
With determined veteran cop, Lieutenant Vincent Morenno on the case, Tony scrambles to avoid prosecution. Inspired by true events, this story encompasses money laundering, duplicity, exotic locales, drug dealers and sordid characters.
Humpty Bigheart and the Insubstantive Case (Graphic novel)
Written by Derek Carter and Douglas Tardif
It’s the dirty thirties in Chicago and Humpty Bigheart, Private Investigator, is barely paying the bills. Mazie, his secretary has a call for him. Will this case cover his mounting bills or is this just another jealous wife wanting to put the screws to her louse of a husband?
He drives to the address and discovers some interesting things in Mrs. Publique's driveway. Mrs. Publique is a sexy socialite who wants to ransom her husband from some vicious kidnappers. Her husband, a brilliant scientist, has discovered the secret of invisibility, They want a million bucks and the formulae, but there’s a catch… her husband has tried the formulae and he’s invisible.
Humpty meets an assortment of interesting and strange characters as he tries to negotiate with the kidnappers and avoid the police and the FBI. It all comes together at the Hotsie Totsie Club owned by the mastermind criminal and kidnapper, Bad Ass Max.
Projects in Development
Middle of Somewhere(Screenplay)
Written by Lise Moule & Sean Wetselaar
Logline: A woman moves in with her finacé to discover that his ex-girlfriend and a rock band are already living at his house.
Synopsis: Unlucky-in-love California lady, Cassie Hudson, believes she has finally met her mate in handsome Canadian music manager, Matt Petersen. Following a whirlwind romance, the couple decides to take the plunge, get married and move to Matt's rural home in Canada.
However, upon her arrival in the Great White North, Cassie discovers Matt forgot to mention that his hot rocker chic ex-girlfriend, Miranda, and her mutinous, nocturnal rock band are already living in his home. And Miranda is not prepared to give Matt up without a fight.
Life becomes more complicated as Matt’s family, a mafia princess and an armed hit woman all conspire against the couple.
Carousel
(Dramatic feature film adapted from 2 optioned properties)
Screenplays by Lise Moule, adapted from novels: Carousel and Carousel, The Missing Years written by Lyn Mooy
These books offer a no-holds-barred look at addiction, poverty and abuse as seen through the eyes of someone who has lived it and come out the other side. What makes Lyn Mooy's story unique is the element of her attraction to men. In essence, she has a fatal addiction to love.
Synopsis:
The books span sixty years of Mooy's life and describe in unsparing detail her struggles to overcome her addictions. Carousel chronicles her early years in Ontario and the genesis of her addictions. Unwanted by her mother, then rejected by her father, in her teen years Mooy develops a fatal need for a man to fill that void. Spurned by her first husband, Mooy then hooks up with any good-looking guy who comes her way.
Battered or abandoned by the endless stream of men who pass through her life, at thirty-eight Mooy finds herself a pregnant, penniless grandmother. Stunned to discover her pre-teen daughter has been molested by one of these men, Mooy makes the difficult decision to move out west to protect her children and reclaim her life. Carousel The Missing Years recounts in greater detail Mooy's life out west, her battle and eventual success in overcoming her addictions.
