Havana Highwire
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
Introducing hardboiled PI Henry Gore, in this pitch-black noir novel set in 1950s revolutionary Cuba.
"Darkly atmospheric writing, an action-packed plot, plenty of suspense, and a sometimes-hapless hero caught between saving his own life and doing the right thing drive this outstanding, packs-a-punch thriller"- Booklist Starred Review
World-weary American Henry Gore was born in the cold Midwest. But a lucky connection – and a hundred peso bribe – scores him a license to operate as a private investigator in Havana, a place where he can finally get warm. Soon, he’s trailing after cheating husbands to finance his permanent vacation in the land of sun, cigars and compliant señoritas.
But when he snaps the wrong man’s photo at a fancy casino, he receives a fist in the face for his troubles – and a dark warning from the Mob. Private dicks are bad for business. If he carries on working, his license will be permanently revoked. Capisci?
No work means no money. No way to eat. No way to pay the rent. Desperate to make ends meet, Henry grabs an offer of work from Fulgencio Batista’s military regime with both hands – setting in motion a chain of events with dark and deadly consequences.
With its rum-soaked, revolutionary Caribbean setting, dark humour, glamorous femme fatales and chilling twists, Havana Highwire is crime noir at its finest.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1957, this winning series launch from Keyse-Walker (the Teddy Creque mysteries) introduces Henry Gore, an unlikely sleuth, whose college degree in English history landed him in "a kind of Air Force version of the FBI," rather than on the battlefield during the Korean War. His training in counterespionage proves invaluable when he moves to Havana, Cuba, after his military discharge. Gore partners with local Ramón Mercado to launch a PI business, but clients are hard to come by. He runs afoul of a powerful Mafioso connected to the regime of Fulgencio Batista, who intervenes when Gore tries to get a compromising photo of a cheating husband for a suspicious wife. But Gore's prospects rebound when he gets an offer too good to refuse from Senator Guillermo Bauza, the "Cuban government's liaison to the Syndicate." Bauza hires Gore to help thwart rebels seeking to topple Batista's regime by posing as a gunrunner, concerned that official law-enforcement is too corrupt to be trusted. The assignment proves even more hazardous and complicated than Gore expected. Keyse-Walker captures the feel and power dynamics of pre-Castro Cuba. Readers will eagerly await the sequel.
