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Dominoes, Danzón, and Death

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Latina sleuth and culinary master Miriam Quiñones-Smith is cooking up a storm in the fourth installment of the Caribbean Kitchen mystery series.

It's been three years since food anthropologist and cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith had her last brush with death. Her Spanglish culinary show, Abuela Approved, is topping the charts. Her parents are back in Miami and living with her in Coral Shores. And her kids are great. But when bones start popping up in unexpected places, Miriam's idyllic life is threatened.

Her husband Robert's much-delayed hotel project screeches to a halt when human bones are unearthed. Tribal representatives, forensic archaeologists, and a pompous professor rain down on the possibly ancient site. Then a fake skeleton with the name 'Smith' etched into it is found floating in the bay with an ominous note. Is it a threat to Miriam's husband or her inlaws? And when Miriam's boss Delvis is seen going off on a tour guide who marched through the crew-only area on set and is later found dead, Delvis is declared the main suspect.

To protect her family and friends, Miriam must dig up the truth that has been hiding in plain sight.

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    • Library Journal

      March 1, 2025

      Never has a cozy mystery blended cooking, anthropology, and murder so perfectly. Miriam Qui�ones-Smith hosts a Miami-based cooking show, but the delectable dishes will have to wait until she solves two mysteries--one involving bones from a construction site, and the other a murdered tour guide. Each case threatens someone she cares about, from her boss to her husband and his family. Anyone who enjoys series like TV's Bones will love the anthropological aspects of the novel, which feel well informed and realistic, down to the complicated politics surrounding the unethical treatment of Indigenous people's remains. The breadth of Reyes's fourth "Caribbean Kitchen Mystery" (following Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal) gives narrator Frankie Corzo space to let her talents shine. Corzo invites listeners fully into the community, from the dynamics of Miriam's biracial household to Florida's food scene and the messy academics of a local college. She even gets to perform the recipes at the end of the novel, creating a mouthwatering cooking show-like experience. VERDICT A delicious and fun cozy mystery. Listeners will want to take their own foodie adventures in southern Florida, feeling sure Miriam will have put away the crooks.--Matthew Galloway

      Copyright 2025 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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