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Cuano el cuerpo de un ruso es arrastrado a las turbias aguas de la bahía de La Habana, Arkady Renko debe viajar a Cuba para identificar el cadáver. Durante la búsqueda del asesino, Renko descubre una ciudad de soledad descolorida, peligro inesperado y contradicciones desconcertantes. Su investigación le llevará a descubrir a una bella policía cubana, así como los rituales de la santería, a un americano fugitivo y a un grupo de mercenarios despiadados. En un lugar donde desdeñan cuanto huela a ruso, Hemingway se dedicó a la pesca, prosperó el KGB y la música está siempre en el aire, Renko encuentra el rastro de un engaño de envergadura mundial, y la razón para dsfrutar otra vez de su propia vida.

I really do like Renko. just 2 books left to read in the series (so far) and this was probably the best. I really felt for him and his missing his dead lover. So much so that he wears a fur coat with her smell still lingering on it, in the heat and humidity of Havana. The book is a mixture of love, loss and new beginnings serving as a layer above the search of an old friends killers.
Someone wrote that the ending was predictable I beg to differ, it had me wondering till close to the end. ( )

Just started. Fun to be with Arkady again.
And, indeed, another very good Arkady Renko novel. Fascinating view of post-Soviet Cuba and their distaste, and hatred, of the Russians. Awfully timely with the US opening up relations with Cuba.
As usual, great characters, often moving and deeply drawn. ( )

Smith likes strange ways to die. He likes drippy autopsies. He wants exotic. Probably tries to sell movie rights before he finishes chapter one. Nothing wrong with that, but I like my murders the old fashioned way. Straight and simple with a detective who enjoys his meals and a nice walk. Some of you know who I mean. ( )