Miami beat
Subtitle: a Jose Castillo mystery
By: Jorge E. Goyanes
Series: Joe Castillo Mystery -- [Volume 1]
Publisher: Ampersand Editions, a Cipher House Title
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Homestead, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781622070015; 9781622070008
Subjects: Private investigators; Fiction; Cuban Americans; Murder
Description: Jose Castillo is a cynical, wise-cracking Cuban-American who restores classic cars. He's also a private eye whose sarcastic ways sometimes get him into trouble. One day in the process of installing a four-barrel carburetor on a 1965 Mustang, into his shop walks trouble--in the shape of a mysterious, beautiful woman surrounded by an entourage of goons. Mrs. Santana is the wife of one of Miami's most well-known, successful and untouchable mobsters and she wants to avail herself of Jose's services. What starts out as a job mediating a multi-million dollar casino land deal rapidly escalates into a case involving deceit, betrayal, and blackmail. With the help of his fiancée Kat and best friend/police detective Nate, he hopes to untangle the mess quickly so he can enjoy a stiff drink and a fat stogie, but when things get hotter than usual in tropical Miami and a murder is committed, Jose has no choice but to keep his Glock close and his enemies closer.