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Book Reviews of Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, Bk 18)

Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, Bk 18)
Murder in Havana - Capital Crimes, Bk 18
Author: Margaret Truman
ISBN-13: 9780375500701
ISBN-10: 0375500707
Publication Date: 7/31/2001
Pages: 336
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, Bk 18) on + 317 more book reviews
A different location from her usual books, but still a great mystery!
romeo avatar reviewed Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, Bk 18) on + 334 more book reviews
Max Pauling, ex-CIA, ex-State Department, has taken early retirement to become a flight instructor in New Mexico. A collegue, also "retired," shows up, offering a contract to fly medical supplies into Havana. This revs up Pauling's engines in several senses. Despite the misgivings of Jessica, his live-in lover, he takes the deal. After flying a roundabout route that takes him through Mexico, Miami, and Cloumbia, he lands in Havana, waiting for a contact who will "help him with his spanish." The first sight of her is both breathtaking-she is a beauty-and frustrating:she wants to move at her own pace. Max is a man of action, and waiting for the action to begin does nothing for his mood or blood pressure. The covert reason for their collaboration is to uncover the truth about an intense competition between rival U.S. pharmaceutical companies for access to Cuba's surprisingly high-quality anti-cancer research. Meanwhile a former U.S. Senator is leading a mission to Cuba to discuss the possibility of lessening tensions between the two countries, looking to ease America's controversial commercial embargo. And perhaps he has another mission as well...
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ex-CIA, State Department employee undercover in Havana
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always enjoy her jibs at the CIA
reviewed Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, Bk 18) on + 7 more book reviews
Another is her series of political/murder mystery thrillers. Better than several of her most recent ones, but not as interesting to me as her early work.
reviewed Murder in Havana (Capital Crimes, Bk 18) on + 2 more book reviews
One of Truman's better efforts. Numerous characters make keeping them separated a little difficult at times, but the storyline kept my interest til the end.