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                                                  Havana, Cuba
It’s December 1958.  Castro is closing in on the city.  The Cuban aristocracy and American businessmen are scrambling to move assets out of the country.  Johnny Williams, a small time gunrunner for a mob run casino gets a call from Mister Salerno, the top Mafia kingpin in the Caribbean.  He wants Johnny to take his prized boat, “Fiesta,” bac​k to the States, bypassing customs.  A simple task for one as experienced as Johnny.  What begins as a quick way to make a few bucks, turns into a journey of deceit and betrayal that lands Johnny in jail for the rest of his life.  But Johnny, has taken with him, a secret worth millions of dollars.  A secret, so valuable he can manipulate the mob from his jail cell.  By withholding his secret, he helps and protects his only daughter Susan.  When he dies and the daughter disappears, the mob is convinced Susan Williams has the information they have sought for thirty years.  The Cuban Mafia, who also has claim to the millions, joins in the pursuit of the secret. The story moves to Northwest Florida, where an unemployed stockbroker, lusting for romance and adventure, is drawn into the hunt.  As Susan’s accomplice, he gets in over his head, as they search for what they believe, rightfully belongs to her father.

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