book cover of Havana Blue
Added by 5 members
 

Havana Blue

(1991)
(The first book in the Mario Conde Investigates series)
A novel by

 
 
Lieutenant Mario Conde is suffering from a terrible New Year's Eve hangover. Though it's the middle of a weekend, he is asked to urgently investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rafael Morin, a high-level business manager in the Cuban nomenklatura. Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a 'reliable comrade'' who always got what he wanted, including Tamara, the girl Conde was after.

But Rafael Morin's exemplary rise from a poor barrio and picture-perfect life hides more than one suspicious episode worthy of investigation. While pursuing the case in a decaying but adored Havana, Conde confronts his lost love for Tamara and the dreams and illusions of his generation.


Genre: Mystery

Visitors also looked at these books


Used availability for Leonardo Padura's Havana Blue


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors