Part of Doc Ford, book 22
First published 2015
General Juan Garcia has built a profitable empire smuggling Cuban baseball players into America and collecting historical artifacts at bargain prices. His latest acquisition changes everything. Garcia obtains private letters that Fidel Castro wrote to a secret lover between 1960 and 1962. These aren't just valuable collectibles. The letters contain information that powerful forces will kill to suppress. Garcia vanishes without a trace. The buyer who purchased the letters from him also disappears. Doc Ford starts digging into his old friend's fate and quickly realizes the letters hold secrets from the most dangerous period of Cuban-American relations. The Bay of Pigs invasion, assassination plots, and Cold War espionage left many dead between 1960 and 1962. Someone believes the Castro correspondence could expose truths that must stay buried. Ford's investigation puts him on a collision course with enemies who have already proven they will eliminate anyone who threatens their secrets. In a game where governments and criminal organizations overlap, a few more bodies will barely register.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, government-conspiracy
Setting: Cuba, America
Period: 1960-1962
314 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence