1986: In the jungles of Nicaragua, a tiny village is the target of a deadly attack by US-backed Contra forces.
2022: Matt Latham flies to Dallas to ghostwrite the memoir of his friend, former ambassador Bryant Callahan - on track to become Texas' next US Senator. But he soon begins to mistrust the man he once revered. Latham's research uncovers long-hidden connections between Callahan and the CIA; and, just as worryingly, the dysfunctional relationship between the powerful diplomat and his wife Aleja, a former Miss Cuba, 23 years his junior, is impossible to ignore.
An orphan, adopted as a child, Aleja consoles herself with dreams of finding her birth family. Now, she makes a desperate plea for Latham's help in tracing her origins. He agrees to travel to Havana on her behalf, unaware that his search for answers will unlock a Pandora's box of politically sensitive secrets - and raise a ghost from his own past. Before long, Latham is on the run for his life.
Meanwhile, in Mexico City, Luis Escobedo prepares to travel to America. A name in the news has triggered a memory - and with it a thirst for revenge.
What did Latham discover at the Cuban orphanage? Why is a foreign intelligence service intent on keeping it a secret? Who is Luis Escobedo? And is any of this related to events in Nicaragua decades ago?
In this edge-of-your-seat political thriller, Matt Latham finds himself navigating a labyrinth of tragic events. Ultimately, he must confront the morality of his own choices and ask himself the question: are some secrets best left buried?
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Table of contents
- Best Left Buried
- Dedication
- Prologue: The Gates of Hell
- One: Cue 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
- Two: The Land of Blood & Honey
- Three: About Nairobi …
- Four: Beyond One’s Paygrade
- Five: Things That Go Bump in the Night
- Six: Something More Than Meets the Eye
- Seven: Pick-Ups, Cricks and Hollers
- Eight: Graveyards, Crossroads and the Devil
- Nine: Strawberries, French Perfume and Lust
- Ten: Like Opposites, Arseholes also Attract
- Eleven: A Life is Extinguished
- Twelve: Garden Paths and Abattoirs
- Thirteen: Fading to Black
- Fourteen: The Stomach for the Fight
- Fifteen: Coconuts, Cane Stalks and Communists
- Sixteen: Scratching an Itch
- Seventeen: Re-enacting the Battle of Stalingrad
- Eighteen: Preparations
- Nineteen: A Nice Meal and a Bullet for Dessert
- Twenty: The Bitter Taste of Betrayal
- Twenty-One: About That Threat to Kill …
- Twenty-Two: Desperate Measures
- Twenty-Three: Jiggling One’s Balls
- Twenty-Four: A Few Troubling Details
- Twenty-Five: Lurking Monsters and Tiger Tracks
- Twenty-Six: Storm Clouds Gather
- Epilogue
- Author’s note
- Shadow Lives
- About the Author
- Imprint
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