Graham Tempest

Casino Havana Graham Tempest

The Castro era is winding down. Rivals are jockeying for position. A few weeks before the death of Fidel Castro, Steele flies to Havana when a friend is kidnapped. He mounts an armed attack on a secret prison island and gets entangled in a battle between a democratically-leaning academic and a corrupt chief of police. Friends Kathy and Mimi want to help but can they get him out of a cockroach-infested jail and home alive?Meanwhile a grasping casino czar plots to gain a foothold in Havana. A lovely young cigar roller and a grizzled veteran bolero singer try to lead decent lives in poverty-stricken Cuba. Casino Havana is a timely standalone thriller, the fifth in Graham Tempest's popular Casino series, with true-to-life characters, exotic locales and the constant presence of the enemy. Click the cover picture on the left to read a few pages. Scroll up to buy Casino Havana and join Steele in Cuba.