Novels, Money Laundering, Terrorism, Thriller, Castro in Cuba, Drug Cartels, Terrorists, Fiction

"Spies, beaches, Miami, double-crossing agents - and it's all based on a true story."

MediaBistro.com / GalleyCat - Coming Attractions

"Spies, beaches, Miami, double-crossing agents - and it's all based on a true story."

MediaBistro.com / GalleyCat - Coming Attractions

GoodReads.com
There is a little something for everyone in this book. Bravo Robert Landori on a book well written and a plot well executed!.
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Cuba Absolutely magazine
"Havana Harvest is a fast-paced international thriller by Robert Landori that reveals the dangerous double-dealings of the CIA in Cuba...."
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Soul of Miami.org
Annette Recommends Havana Harvest by Robert Landori.
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KathleenJonesDiary.com
"Havana Harvest is a fast-paced thriller, rather in the manner of Dan Brown, set in a more modern Havana....Based on a real episode in Cuban history, it’s sometimes hard to know when the facts end and the fictions begin. 
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On TCM Reviews Website
"Highly Recommended"
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There is a little something for everyone in this book... once I was hooked it was hard to put down! I loved the twists and turns, the action and the circle of events that brought relationship together and tore others apart. Bravo Robert Landori on a book well written and a plot well executed!
American Chronicle

On  Bookloons.com
"Whoa! Say it isn't true. Well, at least the premise of Havana Harvest is true, as the novel is based in part on a true story. But if only a small part of this thriller by Robert Landori is real, it's frightening.....Don't miss it."
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On MysteriesGalore.com  and BestsellersWorld.com
 
"There are double crossed maneuvers and spies as well as murders, a touch of romance and people being detained illegally in this wonderful book that will keep you on edge until the very end. This is a must read....I can’t wait to see what Landori write next."
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A HAVANA HARVEST OF GOOD WRITIN'
"It's very rare that I get a review book and know I am going to enjoy within the first 10 pages. Havana Harvest was one of the exceptions.
It's so well written that you feel yourself thrown in from the first page. The characters are believable and formed well enough that it does not take several chapters to have them seem satisfyingly complete. 
The novel takes place towards the end of the 80s and centers around Cuba. It seems a Cuban official has just ended up in Miami with a million dollars in his bag wanting asylum. As you can imagine the gist of the novel is exploring how this man came to find himself in Miami in such a panicky state.

The plot involves the CIA, Cuban intelligence, ex-Mossad agents, Hungarians, Canadians, Columbians and all kind of other nefarious types. It takes the reader from Castro-controlled Cuba, to Montreal, Switzerland and all sorts of points in between. The main character is filled with angst and regret, but retains a sense of humanity.
It reads like a good intrigue yarn, but avoids all the possible pratfalls. Despite this being a first-time novel, the author hasn't created a long-winded, overly wordy affair. The writing is superb and it reads very quickly. Perfect for a flight from Miami to Zurich, for instance.
I can find no fault with the novel. Some might find the plot a tad predictable, but as it's based partly on fact, that might not be apt. It retains that sense that it would make a good movie, if done right, without reading like a movie script.
I only hope that it will not take the author another 20 years to write his next novel. It’s been a very long time indeed since I have read a debut novel of such quality."

Marty Dodge
BLOGCRITICS.ORG

"In his second suspenseful spy thriller, HAVANA HARVEST, Robert Landori again draws on his roots in Budapest, Montreal and Latin America to create a web of CIA intrigue and counter-intrigue, this time set in Cuba. Has the cash-starved dictatorship started selling drugs to finance the revolution? Or is Castro being set up? Or is it just individual greed that has left a trail of Swiss, Cayman and Panamanian bank accounts, African ivory traders and dead bodies? Enter the sophisticated, and romance-starved CIA operative Robert Lonsdale to slash his way through the bureaucracy and deceit around him. A masterful weaving of plot-lines that will keep you turning pages."
Dorothy Brown, Enterprise Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer

“Robert Lonsdale, the protagonist in HAVANA HARVEST, tries hard to defend against treachery within the ranks of his colleagues in his quest to save an innocent man from certain death. He is a very ‘simpatico’ figure to whom it’s easy to relate.
This story would make a damned good movie.”
André Link, Former Chairman, Lions Gate Films.

“HAVANA HARVEST is a riveting page-turner full of exciting action that plays out against a very sophisticated international background. I couldn't put the book down.”
Ivan Smith, Award-winning Actor

Robert Landori writes marvellously intricate international intrigue thrillers ... ”
Louise Penny, NY Times best-selling Author of ‘The Brutal Telling’.

"HAVANA HARVEST gives an exciting, fictionalized insight into how the Castro brothers attempted to perpetuate their control over Cuba. A page-turner, it is very topical, given what is happening within the Cuban leadership today.”
LaFlorya Gauthier, Author of ‘Whispers in the Sand’.

“Landori writes with the authority of someone who has been there. He is skilled at character development, portraying the passions and philosophies that motivate the protagonists.”
Willa McLean, The Kitchener – Waterloo Record

“Landori, you are a writer – yes!”
JTW Hubbard, Author of ‘The Race’, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, Syracuse University