num_pages: 244
description: 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.
language: English
title: Havana Blue
titlecomplete: Havana Blue (Mario Conde, #1)
characters: Mario Conde
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Literature, Crime
ratings_count: 2360
places: Havana
series: Mario Conde
publisher: Bitter Lemon Press