Last Seen in Havana -- Teresa Dovalpage, Hardcover

A Cuban American woman searches for her long-lost mother and fights to restore a beautiful but crumbling Art Deco home in the heart of Havana in this moving, immersive new mystery, perfect for fans of Of Women and Salt.

Newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba in 2019 to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes's life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance of her mother when Mercedes was a little girl. Returning to Cuba revives Mercedes's hopes of finding her mother as she attempts to piece together the few scraps of information she has. Could her mother still be alive?

Thirty-three years earlier, in 1986, an American college student with endless political optimism falls deliriously in love with a handsome Cuban soldier while on a spontaneous visit to the island. She decides to stay permanently, but soon discovers that nothing is as it seems in Havana.

The two women's stories proceed in parallel as Mercedes gets closer to the truth about her mother, uncovering shocking family secrets in the process . . .

Author: Teresa Dovalpage
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 02/06/2024
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.61h x 5.80w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781641295390

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2023 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 12/04/2023
Booklist 12/01/2023 pg. 105
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024

About the Author
Writer, translator and college professor, Teresa Dovalpage is a Cuban transplant firmly rooted in New Mexico. She is the author of three short story collections, four plays, and twelve novels--including the Havana Mystery series. She lives with her husband, one dog and too many barn cats.