Pit Bulls in Paradise: Tony Soika on Key...

Pit Bulls in Paradise: Tony Soika on Key West Mysteries, Rescue Dogs, and Second Acts

Host Michele O'Connor introduces the Fun in Key West Podcast and its Book Club episode featuring author Tony Soika, a retired U.S. Army officer with 30 years of service and extensive animal-rescue volunteering. Soika discusses his deep pull toward the Florida Keys since first visiting in 1999, his transition challenges after leaving the military, and how becoming a late-in-life father shaped him and influenced his writing. He explains how his novel Pit Bulls in Paradise (first in the Conch House Chronicles) follows retired officer John Tuttle in the Keys as he uncovers a dogfighting ring after pit bulls with fighting injuries arrive at a shelter, reflecting Soca's real-life rescue of a pit bull and his advocacy that "there are no bad dogs, only bad owners."