Haiti, Love and Murder In the Season of Soup Joumou foreshadows the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. It blends history, culture, religion and superstition in a suspenseful new novel about a loyal friend on a quest for justice and the tender promise of second-chance love. This well-received thriller by two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Michael Matza unfolds inside the turmoil plaguing Haiti, where the rule of gangs has supplanted the rule of law.