Havana Blue (Mario Conde Mystery 3)
Contributors: Peter Bush (Translator)
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: June 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781904738220
Subjects: Crime & mystery; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery/Suspense; Mystery & Detective - General; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
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.