The Cuban Affair, DeMille - C+

                                                      This is a light-hearted beach read that felt way longer than its already hefty 448 pages. Mac is a captain of a fishing boat out of Key West. He is also a decorated Army officer with two tours in Afghanistan. A group of Cuban-Americans contact him and make him a massive financial offer to go to Cuba. So, off we go on a romp that predictably isn't predictable and leads to intrigue, love and a boat chase. Its one saving grace is a bit of background on Cuba, and interestingly for me, the background of a notorious prison building in Havana. Villa Marista was once a Catholic boys' school, run by the Marist Brothers, one of whom was my high school chemistry teacher.