Adios Hemingway

Padura, Leonardo (Canongate,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/PAD

This detective story is set in Cuba. When skeletal remains are discovered on the Havana estate of Ernest Hemingway, former policeman Mario Conte is called in to investigate a murder with its roots in Hemingway's Cuba from forty years ago.

Cold Skin

Sanchez, Albert (Farrar,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/SAN

In this novel of isolation and loneliness, set after World War I, a young man moves to the Antarctic circle to work. His solitude is broken by a mysterious castaway.

Comrades in Miami

Latour, Jose (Grove Press,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/LAT

This novel of espionage follows the escapades of a Cuban spy couple. They try to defect to the U.S. with the FBI after them and almost 3 million dollars of stolen money in their possession.

Hot Tamara

Castillo, Mary ( Avon ,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/CAS

Twenty-six year old Tamara Contreras wants to have freedom from her role as perfect daughter, get her own apartment and go to graduate school. When she comes up against Will Benavides, former high school bad boy, her plans go awry and her life is turned upside down.

In Perfect Light: A Novel

Saenz, Benjamin Alire (Rayo,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/SAE

Andres Segovia and his siblings are relocated to Mexico after the accidental death of their parents. This novel traces Andres' struggles as an American-born Hispanic and his move back to the United States.

Isle of Passion: A Novel

Restrepo, Laura (Ecco,c2005)
Shelf Number: Fiction/RES

This novel is based on true events. A small group of Mexicans move to a deserted Pacific island hoping to secure it as a sovereignty of Mexico.