An excellent thriller, well written. The book tells about what happened in Cuba in 2007. The real Cuba, not that of the tourist. But in fact, it is a tourist, who is also a police officer in Canada, which accused of murdering a Cuban child.
The book told from different points of view.
The Beggar Opera - called after a real opera; It is a story of deceit, violence and vengeance, false accusations, even a threat of execution. But also a story about love and loyalty and, above all, friendship. The characters are drawn in depth. Happiness and pain, suffering and happiness are described in the author's faith, describing the difficult life in Havana and the corrupt Cuba of Castro and the American embargo.

Surprises at the end of the book abound to close the story from all terms. ( )

My rating hovered between 3 and 4 stars before falling back to 3. This is a very good police procedural set in poverty stricken Cuba and great play is made of the shortage of resources because of their economic plight. The plot is clever and the lead characters well drawn. I shall keep an eye out for more books by this author. ( )

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" The parts in Cuba, the detective's investigation were quality. They were written well without shock value in a mild thriller style. In fact, this is more a mystery than thriller. But the thriller parts were so well handled that I really enjoyed it all as a whole as the threads of the story are delicately woven together."
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I really enjoyed reading this novel by Peggy Blair. It's a Really good story with interesting characters and a fast paced finale I enjoyed the description of life for the average Cuban native and the humour they use to describe the shortages of consumer goods. I will read other stories by this author ( )