Hidden Cargo by Robin Lloyd
Five months after the end of the Civil War, Acting Navy Lieutenant Everett Townsend is awaiting discharge in Key West. The war has left him bitter with little direction. Returning from a routine supply mission from Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, he and his men are caught in a hurricane. While seeking safety, Townsend spots a shipwreck in the Marquesas Keys. When they investigate, they discover the grisly sight of a cargo hold filled with dead bodies. When Townsend reports this unsettling incident to his preoccupied naval commander in Key West, he finds himself alone in suspecting foul play, facing a mystery that takes him from the backwaters of Florida to the interior of Cuba. The murder of an American sailor in a Cuban port provides Townsend with more clues even as it threatens to pull him into the dangerous undertow of Cuban politics. To pursue justice, Townsend agrees to become a government informant and goes to live with his Spanish grandmother at her sugar plantation in the Cuban countryside. There he continues his investigations and finds himself facing an impossible choice between the Cuban-American woman he loves and his tradition-bound Spanish grandmother. As he grapples with this clash of personalities, Townsend uncovers the details of a conspiracy which forces him to come face to face with his own family's close ties to slavery.
Robin Lloyd's early years were spent on the island of St. Croix, where his parents owned a dairy farm and milk plant. As a boy, he grew up sailing in the Caribbean. Lloyd was a foreign correspondent for NBC News for many years, where he reported mostly from Latin America and Africa. He also covered the White House during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Lloyd has created and produced news programs with foreign networks as well as documentaries and segments for domestic stations, including Maryland Public Television. Among his prestigious awards are four Emmys from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay region and an Overseas Press Award. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and summers in Camden, Maine.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781493072316 |
| ISBN 10 | 1493072315 |
| Titel | Hidden Cargo |
| Autor | Robin Lloyd |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2023-05-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 328 |
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