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Private property was stolen and livelihoods destroyed in the wake of Castro's Cuban revolution, breeding bitterness and rage-which in turn breed murder.

Bitter Sugar

Sexy, smart, and hot-tempered, Lupe Solano is arguably the best private investigator in Miami -- though her father would be much happier had she chosen a safer career. So Lupe is thrown a curve when her beloved "Papi" asks her for professional help.

Senor Solano's old friend Ramon Suarez owned a prosperous sugar mill back in Cuba until Castro nationalized the property and forced him and his family into exile. Now, years later, an unnamed source in Spain is offering to purchase the confiscated property at a fraction of its value. Lazy, no-good nephew Alexander Suarez wants the money. Tio Ramon is suspicious and wants to know what's behind this sudden interest in a nonproducing sugar mill.

What starts as a routine journey down a paper trail soon turns deadly when Alexander is found brutally slain in a sleazy Miami hotel -- and his last known visitor, Tio Ramon, is accused of the murder. Suddenly Lupe has a killer to unmask if she's going to prove Papi's dearest friend innocent.

But Lupe is rapidly becoming entangled in the mysterious web of spun sugar and blood that captured and killed Alexander. And when bullets smash through her own window, she begins to wonder if maybe Papi was right all along. But stubborn honor -- and anger -- compel her to continue with her investigation, even if what she turns up rocks her world, her family, and the entire Miami Cuban community to its very foundations.

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About the Author:

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera is the author of the much-lauded One Hot Summer as well as the Lupe Solano mystery series. She was a private investigator for more than fifteen years before turning to writing full-time in 1996, The recipient of the Flamingo Award in 1999 and the Shamus Award in 2000, Ms. Garcia-Aguilera lives in Miami Beach.

From Publishers Weekly:
Surprises abound in Lupe Solano's sixth foray (after 2000's Havana Heat) into the seamier side of Miami's Cuban Amigra community, whose residents await Castro's defeat and an eventual return home. Some exiled sugar barons have made second fortunes, like Tio Ramon, head of the Suarez family and Lupe's father's lifelong friend. When Ramon's nephew and co-owner of the family sugar mills receives a buyout offer and then disappears, he asks her Papi for help and the dutiful daughter gears up immediately. Lupe is not always so skillful at juggling her two lives, that of a cosseted daughter, still living at home and pinning medals of the Virgin to her brassiere strap, with that of the emancipated single woman, a savvy PI with lovers and a wardrobe to die for. The author exploits this dichotomy to sometimes hilarious and sometimes tragic effect. As Detective Anderson of the Miami police points out, bodies seem to accumulate around her. Loyalty, tradition, principle and justice guide her, although she's not above taking a few shortcuts to get what she needs. She will go to extraordinary lengths for family, friends and clients, often at no small cost to herself, as is the case when she winds up in the hospital. This present challenge is a chance to gain her father's approval of her career choice, even though he may not like what she uncovers. Garcia-Aguilera saves her best surprise until last, leaving fans wanting more. (Oct. since Garcia-Aguilera is currently writing a romance novel for HarperCollins.

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  • PublisherWilliam Morrow
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0380977818
  • ISBN 13 9780380977819
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages336
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