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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera's HAVANA HEAT A Lupe Solano Mystery
First Chapter Detective Data Discuss Carolina Garcia-Aguilera Buy the Book DETECTIVE DATA Name of Detective: Guadalupe (Lupe) Solano   Sidekick: None, but has cousin, Leonardo, who works in the office   Hometown: Miami, FL   Age: Forever 28   Occupation: Private investigator   How did you get involved in sleuthing?: My brother-in-law was embezzling large sums of money from my father's contracting company in order to be able to keep his mistress in style. As soon as this was discovered, a lawyer was retained to press charges. The lawyer then hired a private investigator to look into the case, and I tagged along with him. I found I took to investigations like a duck takes to water.   Pet Peeves: Political correctness.   Role Model: My mother.   Hobbies: Men, anything chocolate.   Distinguishing characteristics: Blood red perfectly lacquered fingernails, Beretta carried somewhere on my body or tucked into my Chanel bag, stiletto heels   Marital Status: Forever single, and not looking, just finding.   Quote: Living 'la vida Loca' and enjoying it to the fullest.   Favorite Websites: Anything to do with mysteries.   Author: Carolina Garcia-Aguilera   Books & Year Published (including any scheduled for 99): Havana Heat, hardcover 8/00; A Miracle in Paradise, hardcover 10/99, upcoming paperback 8/00; Bloody Secrets, hardcover 2/98, paperback 3/99; Bloody Shame, hardcover 2/97, paperback 1/98; Bloody Waters, hardcover 2/96, paperback 2/97   The Next Book (2000) (tentative title & teaser): not yet titled, but another fast-paced mystery. This time Lupe's investigative sideline helping exiled Cubans to recover art confiscated by Castro leads to her involvement with a legendary missing medieval masterpiece and the wealthy Cuban-American family that claims to know where it is.   Read the first chapter -->
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