Full of information on how the Mafia helped with trying to overthrow Castro, which we all know did not work. Most of this book made sense to me since the mob was really big in Cuba before Castro and wanting to get back there would help them and their profits. Overall a good book with a lot of information.

What a story! This thoroughly researched and accessibly written account of the CIA and their plot to assassinate Castro with the help of the Mafia is a murky and unpalatable tale indeed, describing an intriguing and unsavoury web of deceit and undercover shenanigans, much of which took place with the collusion of those in high places. Not one of the US’s finest hours, for sure. An informative, thought-provoking, entertaining and deeply troubling account of political machinations.

This book is well written and reads more like fiction than a traditional history book. It details the involvement of the CIA in its poorly planned attempts at using the Mafia to assasinate Fidel Castro in the 1960's during the Kennedy presidency. It tells the story of the recruitment of Sam Giancana and Johnny Rosselli to use their contacts within the Mafia to carry out various attempts on Castro's life. It involved various CIA personnel along with well known names such as Frank Sinatra and Judy Campbell. Not surprisingly, Castro knew as much or more about the attempts than the CIA due to his use of double agents and spies in southern Florida. A reader will find "the last man standing" Mafia rule reinforced in this book.

I recomend this book for those looking for more insight into the rumors (at the time) of the CIA's involvement in assasination attempts on Fidel Castro that involved using the Mafia as a conduit to accomplishing the task.

I received a free Kindle copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher with the understanding that I would post a review on Net Galley, Goodreads, Amazon and my fiction book review blog. I also posted it to my Facebook and Twitter pages.

The author's painstaking research and attention to detail is obvious in the writing of this book. There were many facts that I only discovered after reading this!

A thoroughly thought -provoking novel. Not like some books that just throw statistics and numbers at you, this is a well-researched book that keeps your interest from beginning to end. I received an e-book from NetGalley in return for an unbiased review.