Bloody Secrets: A Lupe Solano Mystery - Softcover

Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425167798 ISBN 13: 9780425167793

Publisher: Berkley, 1999

Synopsis

Miami private detective Lupe Solano comes to the aid of a young refugee from Havana, who claims that Miami's most prominent couple has robbed his family and has arranged for his own murder. Reprint.

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From Booklist:

Miami private investigator Lupe Solano's new case goes back 40 years--to the evening before Castro captured Havana, when Luis Delgado's father and Miguel de la Torre decided to liquidate their holdings and leave Cuba. The de la Torres escaped, but Luis' family did not. Luis eventually left Cuba by raft and is now trying to reclaim the family share of the money from the de la Torres, who have become among the most prominent of Miami families. After he is nearly murdered, Luis uses a diamond his parents gave him to hire Lupe and attorney Tommy McDonald, Lupe's occasional boyfriend, to recover the money. This third Lupe Solano novel is uneven but not without interest. The dialogue is lively; the intriguing and amusing characters are well developed; and Garcia-Aguilera does a good job of educating readers about recent Cuban history. Unfortunately, the mystery element is weak, a flaw throughout the series. Still, Lupe is unique among Miami sleuths, and as a whole, the series' strengths outweigh its weaknesses. John Rowen

From Library Journal:

Despite the tacit disapproval of her body- and health-conscious cousin and co-worker, Cuban American investigator Lupe Solano, last seen in Bloody Shame (LJ 2/1/97), takes a case involving a raft refugee from Cuba. Aristocratic Luis Delgado's long-dead parents sent part of their wealth to Miami with friends when Castro took over, but when Luis claims the money, the now-prominent "friends" try to erase the debt by hiring a hit man. Lupe treads carefully, both because of the family's influence and because she finds her client attractive. Lupe's energetic lifestyle, her fascinating friends, and the author's fluid segues make this an essential purchase.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0425167798
• ISBN 13: 9780425167793
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336