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Santo Domingo Stakeout

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It's 1965, and cynical former private investigator Henry Gore just wants to drink his days away in corrupt, sun-soaked Santo Domingo - but life has other ideas in this novel of pitch-black noir, the sequel to the savage, gut-punch of a crime thriller, Havana Highwire.
Thirty-five-year-old American expat Henry Gore used to be a private investigator, scratching a living in balmy, rum-soaked Havana. He might not have been someone, but he was something.
Now, exiled from Cuba and with a target on his back, he's nothing but a washed-up drifter, spending his days drinking with gringos he despises and his nights with women he doesn't love.
But one day he chooses the wrong bar to drink in - or maybe the wrong friends. Henry wakes up in hospital to find that someone blew up the building, and he's seemingly the sole survivor.
Who set the bomb, and why? Henry's certain that whatever the answer, he's better off not knowing. But with the police on his tail, Henry - aided by a beautiful dame from the US embassy he's not sure he can trust - reluctantly investigates, soon finding himself up to his neck in corruption, revolution . . . and deadly conspiracy.
Dark humor, dark secrets and even darker crimes . . . Santo Domingo Stakeout is crime noir at its finest, and will appeal to fans of classic noir by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, along with modern masters like James Ellroy and Walter Mosley.

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      September 1, 2024
      After Henry Gore left the Army, he moved to Cuba and worked with Fidel Castro. After Castro was toppled from power, Gore fled to the Dominican Republic and worked with Juan Bosch, the Republic's first democratically elected president. After Bosch was deposed, Gore stayed on in Santo Domingo, spending his days enjoying the sun, sea, sand--and afternoon drinking. He frequents La Espa�olita, where he imbibes with fellow American Jerry Pleasants. But one fateful afternoon, the bar is blown up, and Gore just manages to escape alive. The police are blaming the rebels who want to bring back a democratic government, but Gore's not sure they're the culprits. His efforts to uncover the truth lead him into grave danger and involve him with two beautiful women, an enigmatic policeman, and politically motivated revolutionaries. Then, there's another bombing--this time of a busload of schoolkids. Vaguely reminiscent of Hemingway in tone, style, and setting, Keyse-Walker's latest is guaranteed to please with its suspenseful, twist-filled plot, likeable hero, romance, and fast-paced action.

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