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Mango, mambo, and murder / Raquel V. Reyes.

Reyes, Raquel V., (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781643857848
  • ISBN: 1643857843
  • ISBN: 9781639101009
  • ISBN: 1639101004
  • Physical Description: 328 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Crooked Lane Books, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes recipes.
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Subject:
Cuban Americans > Fiction.
Women anthropologists > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Television cooking shows > Fiction.
Women > Societies and clubs > Fiction.
Women.
Womyn.
Miami (Fla.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Cozy mysteries.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 36 of 37 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 37 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library FIC REYES (Text) 36015001840517 Adult Fiction Available -
Richlands Branch Library FIC REYES (Text) 36015001840533 Adult Fiction Available -
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