Published: Feb. 09, 2012
Words: 138,313 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465875198

Short description

Sam Carter, the son of a Confederate submariner who never returned from the sea, thought he understood the rules working for the fledgling Secret Service branch of the U.S. Treasury. When he was assigned to Havana as a foreign agent, Havana's Consul General Fitzhugh Lee coached him that in the spy business, there was only one rule — don’t get caught.

Extended description

1897. The world had changed. Spain’s iron-fisted Prime Minister was assassinated, creating a power vacuum in Europe. The United States Navy under the guidance of a brash Navy Secretary, Theodore Roosevelt, was flexing his military muscle, and desperately wanted Spain out of Cuba.

Sam Carter, the son of a Confederate submariner who never returned from the sea, thought he understood the rules working for the fledgling Secret Service branch of the U.S. Treasury. When he was assigned to Havana as a foreign agent, Havana's Consul General Fitzhugh Lee coached him that in the spy business, there was only one rule — don’t get caught. Carter quickly realized he would see a different Havana than he once knew after the Spanish Prime Minister’s assassination. As he connected seemingly unrelated clues from his past and the present, he uncovered a German plot to exploit the inevitable American intervention in Cuba.

As a power hungry Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt, drives toward a ti.. (Read more) 1897. The world had changed. Spain’s iron-fisted Prime Minister was assassinated, creating a power vacuum in Europe. The United States Navy under the guidance of a brash Navy Secretary, Theodore Roosevelt, was flexing his military muscle, and desperately wanted Spain out of Cuba.

Sam Carter, the son of a Confederate submariner who never returned from the sea, thought he understood the rules working for the fledgling Secret Service branch of the U.S. Treasury. When he was assigned to Havana as a foreign agent, Havana's Consul General Fitzhugh Lee coached him that in the spy business, there was only one rule — don’t get caught. Carter quickly realized he would see a different Havana than he once knew after the Spanish Prime Minister’s assassination. As he connected seemingly unrelated clues from his past and the present, he uncovered a German plot to exploit the inevitable American intervention in Cuba.

As a power hungry Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt, drives toward a tidy little war in Cuba, Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm choreographs a diversion he is convinced will leave American ports vulnerable to his navy’s incursion. When President McKinley’s administration is shaken to its core by the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor, Carter’s investigation into the explosion reveals evidence contrary to the Naval experts’, and realizes the administration needs to recognize there could be unforeseen consequences when revenge on Spain is exacted.
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fiction, cuba, espionage, historical, caribbean, germany, havana, spanish american war, william mckinley, teddy roosevelt, kaiser wilhelm, 1898, uss maine, cuban freedom, gggoncarovs

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Review by: Scott Skipper on April 07, 2012 :
Mr. Goncarovs has a first class piece of work on his hands. Havana’s Secret weaves seemingly unrelated events into a convincing explanation of a century old mystery. The veracity of the narrative is uncanny. The reader becomes convinced that he is reading an eyewitness account of the outbreak of the Spanish American War. If historical fiction is your genre Havana’s Secret is for you.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Justine Graykin on Feb. 26, 2012 :
Havana's Secret, like Goncarovs' previous book, Convergence of Valor, is scrupulously well-researched. Complex, rich in detail, steeped in history, the novel brings to vivid life the historic individuals and the drama of events from this turbulent political era. The pacing is excellent, drawing the reader through the intricate threads that pull together to make those critical moments that change the course of nations.

Goncarovs takes the dry facts of history and looks at the mysteries that lie behind what is known, imagining what it would be like to have lived through those times, to know and work with those pivotal personalities. It makes for fascinating reading as intriguing and action-packed as the best political suspense novels.

Highly recommended for history buffs, but also for anyone who enjoys this genre.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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