|reviewer=Ani Johnson
|genre=Crime
|summary=A sweeping novel taking in moments from the 17thy 17th century to pre-WWII all the way up to present day. Add a wry Cuban detective and we have something special.
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
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[[Category:Historical Fiction]]
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|author=Leonardo Padura
|title=Heretics
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=Daniel Kaminsky is a child émigré to Cuba in 1939, looking forward to being joined from Germany by his parents. They're on board the St Louis in Havana docks but in a country and a time rife with politics and corruption, the ship is turned back without permitting any of their passengers to disembark. Now, nearly 80 years later, Daniel's son wants to know how an auction house obtained a family heirloom: a Rembrandt painting that the Kaminskys had with them on the ill-fated ship. He approaches retired Cuban policeman Mario Conde for answers to something that may seem straightforward but they soon realise it will prove to be anything but.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908524782</amazonuk>
}}
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