# Veronica Lakewood and the Casino Estrella | A Veronica Lakewood & Captain Hastings Mystery Audiobook

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Podcast: [Nocturnal Tales: Mystery Audiobooks and Crime Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120)
Published: 2026-06-07T19:00:01+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/12164784197/episodes/Veronica-Lakewood-and-the-Casino-Estrella--A-Veronica-Lakewood--Captain-Hastings-Mystery-Audiobook-e3kf1c6
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Havana in the 1930s: a white Art Deco casino blazing with light, American millionaires in cream dinner jackets, Cuban officials with diamond pins, and upstairs behind a locked mahogany door a beautiful young heir lies dead with a knife wound below the heart — Julian Ashcroft, son of a shipping magnate, has been stabbed during a private card game in a room locked from the inside with only his father and his father's partner present, no weapon, no witness, and no explanation; as Veronica Lakewood and Captain Hastings follow a black sequin that belonged to no one's gown, a glove scented with orange blossom on a service stair, a private ledger of blackmail now missing, and a Cuban singer whose silence means more than her song, what begins as a locked-room puzzle becomes deeply personal when Veronica's own name appears in the dead man's book and the secrets of a Paris nightclub she thought she'd buried rise through the floorboards of a Havana casino; The Casino Estrella is an original Golden Age–style mystery about old debts, new cruelty, and the discovery that in Havana every crime arrives already wearing a disguise and the most dangerous secrets belong to the people who got out. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original Golden Age–style mystery presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction. Veronica Lakewood is an original character. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS A locked room, a dead heir, and a ledger full of secrets. Severin killed to protect the woman he loved — but Vargas planted evidence to keep her afraid. When two men act for the same woman, which one is saving her and which one is keeping her? 🕵️ ───────────────────────────── 📖 GET THE E…

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