Former Havana detective Marlene Martinez, now happily running a bakery in Miami, has booked a week-long cruise to Mexico and the Caribbean with her niece, Sarita, as the girls quinceanera present. Sarita is beyond thrilled to discover that a Cuban telenovela star, Carloalberto, is also aboard for the trip. But even while trying to keep her niece away from the unsettlingly handsome actor, Marlene gets the feeling Carloalberto is in some kind of troublehe is constantly on edge, and shady characters seem to find their way to him. When murder occurs aboard the North Star, Marlene will rely on instincts she hoped never to use again.
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“Well-drawn, amusing characters lift this witty novella from Dovalpage starring former Havana, Cuba, police detective Marlene Martínez…Just enough red herrings to keep readers on their toes. Fans of lighter mysteries will have fun.”
— Publishers Weekly
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Teresa Dovalpage earned a BA degree in English literature and an MA in Spanish literature at the University of Havana and a PhD in Latin American literature at the University of New Mexico. The author of twelve other works of fiction and three plays, she is the winner of the Rincón de la Victoria Award and a finalist for the Herralde Award.
Cynthia Farrell, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a singer and voice actor best known for her roll as Catalina in the video games Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. She has also performed off Broadway and has released a number of records.