Never Die In Havana

A retired American businessman, who is clearly not a tourist, arrives in Havana in an unconventional manner. This piques the interest of the authorities. He is eventually called in for questioning by Havana Police Lieutenant Arturo Rocher, a perfect cop but an imperfect person. Rocher finally extracts the American’s reason for being in Havana and dismisses him as being a fool – until the next day when a murder brings renewed focus on the cagey American. Now Rocher must find the killer or killers, especially because he knows he must be a suspect himself. He was one of two people who knew why the American came to Havana. At several points the story reverts to 1895, to detail a related mystery, and how events then transpired to lead to murder and intrigue today. The story takes Rocher at high speed through the streets of Havana, and through his own tangled life. Juxtaposed against the murder case is the involvement of the Cuban government, and their surprising bedfellows, in keeping the murder on Cuban soil a secret. Rocher fuses police work with espionage to solve the case, and in so doing discovers deceit within his own inner circle.