Smoked In Ybor

By: Madison Kent

Ybor City in Florida is a sand lot but has a flourishing cigar making presence, and a Cuban population dealing with unrest, corruption and murder, and sleuth Madeline Donovan is right there.

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Book Description

It was another blustery cold day in Chicago in November 1891 when Madeline Donovan’s two friends, Jonathan and Hugh arrive at her doorstep in Goose Island. They came to request that she and her father travel with them to Ybor City, Florida.
When trouble ensues after Jonathan's Uncle Thomas moves there, he implores his nephew and his friend Hugh Scott, to come to Ybor as he feels he needs the advice of a lawyer if he is to save his business.

When they reach Ybor City, they find the residents are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Jose Marti who will speak about freeing Cuba from Spanish rule. Ybor's predominantly Cuban population eagerly wants to hear what he has to say.

However, there is a current running through the city that does not wish revolution in Cuba, nor disruption in Ybor. They find the threats they face are real, and their work has just begun.

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