Jefferson County Library: Mago, Mambo, And Murder By Raquel V. Reyes

Arnold MO

31 March, 2022

12:21 PM

Description

Press release from the Jefferson County Library: March 28, 2022 (Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #1) 336 pages / 9 hrs, 52 mins "Food anthropologist Miriam Quiñones-Smith's move from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, puts her academic career on hold to stay at home with her young son. Adding to her funk is an opinionated mother-in-law and a husband rekindling a friendship with his ex. Gracias to her best friend, Alma, she gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert on a Spanish-language morning TV show. But when the newly minted star attends a Women's Club luncheon, a socialite sitting at her table suddenly falls face-first into the chicken salad, never to nibble again."When a second woman dies soon after, suspicions coalesce around a controversial Cuban herbalist, Dr. Fuentes--especially after the morning show's host collapses while interviewing him. Detective Pullman is not happy to find Miriam at every turn. After he catches her breaking into the doctor's apothecary, he enlists her help as eyes and ears to the places he can't access, namely the Spanish-speaking community and the tawny Coral Shores social scene."As the ingredients to the deadly scheme begin blending together, Miriam is on the verge of learning how and why the women died. But her snooping may turn out to be a recipe for her own murder." --from the publisher It's a good book, but I had trouble relating to the setting and characters for a variety of reasons. I give it three out of five stars. This press release was produced by the Jefferson County Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.