Havana Blue (Mario Conde Mystery 3) (Mario Conde Investigates)

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An old school acquaintance is missing, and Mario's reflections on his school years (and his infatuation with that missing friend's now-wife, Tamara) occupy a considerable portion of the novel, notable for both nostalgia and cutting satire of both the educational system of Communism and the still existing class structure of the school and the state. The Count and his assistant Sergeant Manuel Palacios set out to interview the likely people who had last seen Rafael. Conde remembered Morin from their student days: good-looking, brilliant, a "reliable comrade'' who always got what he wanted, including Tamara the girl Conde was after. The "Cuban Series" Havana blue Sparring glove is a Professional Pre-Fight glove that comes in Blue and handcrafted in Querétaro, Mexico. Every stage of the probe is punctuated by nostalgic flashbacks-back in the day, Conde and his best friend Skinny Carlos hopelessly loved Tamara and her sister Aymara-followed by Conde's self-recrimination over his current mediocrity.

This glove comes with long laces to secure the wrist, made with high-grade premium Mexican leather, with a vertical thumb design and an Anti-thumbing stopper. At age thirty-four, with two divorces behind him, he drinks too much rum and smokes two packs a day. A reader has to have a lot of tolerance for Mario's ruminations, which don't leave a lot of room for development of other characters who on the basis of the scant evidence seem very interesting, such as "China," the half-Chinese investigator who helps ferret out the financial corruption in this case. The Tom Ford eyewear collection contains vintage inspired frames that remind us of Hollywood chic, with many of the frames featuring statement bold chunky geek styles, all with detailed and exquisite craftsmanship.In fact, the Spanish language title of the book is the more evocative Pasado Perfecto, or Past Perfect.

It is inconceivable that Morin would defect, after all, a man in his position, has the opportunity to travel outside of Cuba frequently and thus, no reason to try to sail to the US in a rickety boat. It should be noted that the wallichianum types are usually the last of all the Geraniums to surface in spring, so if you think you may have lost them over winter, stay patient as they may still be asleep!It seems quite true to life for all I know about Cuba but the protagonists are cops so they enjoy a special place in the world across the water. Anti-hero, Lieutenant Mario Conde of the Havana Police Department, known as "the Count," is suffering from a terrible New Year's Eve hangover. Conde remembers Morin from their student days: "good-looking, brilliant, a reliable comrade who always got what he wanted," including Tamara, Morin's widow, and a girl Conde and his friends fantasized about back in high school. It is a detective novel of the hard-boiled school, and reviewers have compared the style to Raymond Chandler's; but Chandler was never so crude.