Audiobook7 hours
Death Under the Perseids
Written by Teresa Dovalpage
Narrated by Cynthia Farrell
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
2/5
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About this audiobook
There's no such thing as a free cruise in Cuban American author Teresa Dovalpage’s addictively clever new Havana mystery.
Cuban-born Mercedes Spivey and her American husband, Nolan, win a five-day cruise to Cuba. Although the circumstances surrounding the prize seem a little suspicious to Mercedes, Nolan’s current unemployment and their need to revamp
their marriage make the decision a no-brainer. Once aboard, Mercedes is surprised to see two people she met through her ex-boyfriend Lorenzo: former University of Havana professor Selfa Sagarra and down-on-his-luck Spanish writer
Javier Jurado. Even stranger: they also received a free cruise.
When Selfa disappears on their first day at sea, Mercedes and Javier begin to wonder if their presence on the cruise is more than a mere coincidence. Worried, Mercedes confides her suspicions to her husband, who—desperate to accept the
last-minute invitation he received to give a lecture at Havana University—convinces her it’s all in her head.
However, when Javier dies under mysterious circumstances after the cruise disembarks in Havana, and Nolan is nowhere to be found, Mercedes wanders through the city, fearing she had been right all along. Will she be next?
Cuban-born Mercedes Spivey and her American husband, Nolan, win a five-day cruise to Cuba. Although the circumstances surrounding the prize seem a little suspicious to Mercedes, Nolan’s current unemployment and their need to revamp
their marriage make the decision a no-brainer. Once aboard, Mercedes is surprised to see two people she met through her ex-boyfriend Lorenzo: former University of Havana professor Selfa Sagarra and down-on-his-luck Spanish writer
Javier Jurado. Even stranger: they also received a free cruise.
When Selfa disappears on their first day at sea, Mercedes and Javier begin to wonder if their presence on the cruise is more than a mere coincidence. Worried, Mercedes confides her suspicions to her husband, who—desperate to accept the
last-minute invitation he received to give a lecture at Havana University—convinces her it’s all in her head.
However, when Javier dies under mysterious circumstances after the cruise disembarks in Havana, and Nolan is nowhere to be found, Mercedes wanders through the city, fearing she had been right all along. Will she be next?
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Reviews for Death Under the Perseids
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mercedes Spivey can't believe her luck when she wins a cruise for two to Cuba. It's her home, and her American husband has been invited to speak near the University in Havana. This solves the problem of transportation and cost. Her spidey sense goes on alert while on board the Nautilus. Running into not one, but two former acquaintances that link her to her former boyfriend, who died in a fire in Havana. I liked the bits in Havana, there was a lot of local color. Mercedes wasn't super likable, with her greed for a richer life almost predatory when revealed through the memories she recalls from the past.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The local colour of Havana provided atmosphere.