Where There's Smoke

A lovesick expatriate Cuban, an unscrupulous Southern capitalist, and a sanitized Mafia heir scratching a mid-life itch come together in this barbed tale centered around a cache of Cuban cigars secured for JFK just before he tightened the embargo in 1963. A gangster cons two congressmen into financing the theft of President Kennedy's cigars. Shortly after he steals them, Kennedy is assassinated, an opportunity for a hike in price, not to mention a little blackmail. A comic mystery A thriller set in 1963 during the period culminating in the Kennedy assassination, with action taking place from Havana to Cape Cod, including stops in Miami, Jamaica, Washington DC and Kentucky.