Miami private investigator
Cormac Loame isn't at all thrilled with the idea of going to Cuba on a case. He
has been there before, done that, and was rather lucky to get back home to
Miami alive and in one piece. But, when Cecil “Madman” Hacker walked into his
office just before the Christmas holidays while Cormac pushed paperwork and
fantasized about buying a brand new 1958 Buick Roadmaster, he didn't have any
really good way out. Hacker's fourteen year old daughter Lila has been taken by
Danny McCarl. Danny was an employee of Madman and served as a sort of
bodyguard. Hacker, who is a retired boxer with mounting troubles of his own,
can’t very well go to Cuba right now and bring his daughter home. He wants
Cormac to do it and does not care if McCarl does not make it back stateside
alive. Cormac isn’t going to kill McCarl unless he absolutely has to and makes that
clear before he takes the job and the money. After all, with Madman’s
connections, he gets what he wants and you don’t tell the man no.
The last time Cormac was in
Cuba it was in 1952 and he was lucky to do his business and get out of the country.
Back then Batista was firmly in control and thanking his buddies in organized
crime for their help by opening the island to anything they wanted to do. Now
in late 57 the crime syndicate connected hotels have been built, organized
crime is getting their share across all aspects of entertainment and vice, but Castro
and the rebels are coming with a vengeance. State controlled radio says the government
is winning the battle, but everyone knows reality is that now it is matter of
time, maybe just a few days, before the rebels capture the capital city and the
corrupt Batista government collapses. Against that backdrop, Cormac has to find
the girl in a land that has never been that friendly to him where old alliances
are dead or crumbled and powerful enemies are facing desperate times. The clock
is ticking on the Batista government as well as on the case itself and survival
goes to the luckiest.
Scheduled to be released
next month The Mojito Coast quickly pulls the reader deep into the heavily
conflicted world of Cormac Loame. A world where he can safely trust no one and
where the past five years that he has been gone has changed many and hardened
others. A world when he wants to get the girl and get out and is constantly
dealing with new obstacles in his quest. A world where the fires of revolution
fill the reader's senses while Cormac struggles to stay alive in this excellent
thriller that blends together a special mix of mystery and adventure. Award
winning author Richard Helms has crafted quite the book with The
Mojito Coast and it is very much worth your time.
The Mojito Coast
Richard Helms
Five Star Publishing (Gale, Cengage
Learning)
August 2013 (SCHEDULED RELEASE)
ISBN# 978-1-4328-2715-1
Hardback
236 Pages
An ARC of this title was provided
by the author in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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