La Ficha Roja = The Red Chip

John Lantigua. Santillana USA Publishing Company, $14.95 (355pp) ISBN 978-1-58105-645-7

Roberto Player is missing, having gone in search of the man who murdered his parents, once owners of a magnificent casino in Havana. This novel was originally called Player's Vendetta (1999) wordplay that would have been lost in translation but what hasn't been lost is the fine evocation of Havana and Miami's Little Havana over four decades.

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