Raquel Reyes
Miami
Florida Contact: LatinaSleuths@gmail.com
Florida Contact: LatinaSleuths@gmail.com
Mango, Mambo, and Murder, Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking, Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal, Dominoes, Danzóon, and Death
Caribbean Kitchen Mystery series
Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, Private Investigator, Short Fiction, Traditional
Best American Mystery & Suspense 2022 , Midnight Hour , Paranoia Blues (stories inspired by Paul Simon songs), Brutal & Strange (stories inspired by Elvis Costello songs), Trouble No More (stories inspired by Allman Brothers songs))
Craft, Subject Expertise, The Business of Writing
Contact me for interviews, podcasts, panels, and other speaking engagements. Please no blog requests.
RAQUEL V. REYES writes Latina protagonists. Her Cuban-American heritage, Miami, and Spanglish feature prominently in her work. Mango, Mambo, and Murder, the first in the Caribbean Kitchen Mystery series, won a LEFTY for Best Humorous Mystery. It was nominated for an Agatha Award and optioned for film. Raquel’s short stories appear in various anthologies, including The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.