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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Havana Havana Stephen Hunter Sent by the CIA to 1950s Cuba to eliminate young revolutionary Fidel Castro, ex-Marine hero Earl Swagger finds himself confronting outdated ideals about honor and duty as the world around him erupts … OL15836851W
Adios muchachos Adios muchachos Carlos Lopez,Daniel Chavarria "The novel describes the ill-fated alliance between Alicia, a stunningly beautiful prostitute who openly displays her voluptuous wares by bicycle on the city streets, and Victor King, a desperately a… OL18150254W
Fidel's Last Days Fidel's Last Days Roland Merullo Roland Merullo has consistently wowed critics with his brilliant storytelling and his refusal to be pigeonholed, hopscotching from the coming-of-age tale (In Revere, In Those Days) to the novel-as-fa… OL1884201W
Havana libre Havana libre Robert Arellano In this explosive follow-up to the Edgar Award finalist, Havana Lunar, Dr. Mano Rodriguez takes an undercover assignment to the most dangerous city in Latin America: Miami. During the summer of 1997,… OL19727518W
King of Cuba King of Cuba Cristina García A Fidel Castro-like octogenarian Cuban exile obsessively seeks revenge against the dictator. OL19966163W
The poisoned pawn The poisoned pawn Peggy J. Blair "Detective Mike Ellis returns home after he is cleared in the death of a young boy while on vacation in Cuba, only to discover that his estranged wife, Hilary, is dead, and that he's the main suspect… OL19975827W
Heretics Heretics Leonardo Padura "A sweeping novel of art theft, anti-Semitism, contemporary Cuba, and crime from a renowned Cuban author. In 1939, the Saint Louis sails from Hamburg into Havana's port with hundreds of Jewish refuge… OL20049956W
In Havana They Shall Die! In Havana They Shall Die! Paul Okon Roberts An outbreak of a mysterious and drug-resistant flu virus in the United States, Russia, China, India, Britain, France and Israel has led to the most aggressive vaccination campaign ever undertaken glo… OL21776777W
Máscaras Máscaras Leonardo Padura 233 p. ; 21 cm OL27430127W
Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban Lisa Wixon Based on the wildly popular, semi-autobiographical "Havana Honey" series published by Salon.com, Dirty Blonde and Half-Cuban is a gritty portrait of one woman's determination to infiltrate modern Cub… OL5737835W
Neblina del ayer Neblina del ayer Leonardo Padura Havana, 2003, fourteen years since Mario Conde retired from the police force and much has changed in Cuba. He now makes a living trading in antique books bought from families selling off their librar… OL628253W
Máscaras Máscaras Leonardo Padura "Esta novela, que obtuvo el Premio Internacional de Novela 'Café Gijón' de 1995, fue editada anteriormente en España por Tusquets Editores, y ha sido traducida a diversos idiomas. Es la tercera d… OL628258W