{"id":25583,"date":"2025-12-30T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25583"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:37:50","slug":"mango-mambo-and-murder-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25583","title":{"rendered":"Mango, Mambo, and Murder, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mango, Mambo, and Murder<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2021) Raquel V. Reyes<\/a> narrated by Frankie Corzo (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #1)<\/p>\n

\"Mango<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOoh, what have you been reading? I love books.\u201d Jorge clapped prayer hands. \u201cBelieve it or not, I read a lot of YA\u2014young adult. The rainbow is brighter there, if you know what I mean.\u201d <\/p>\n

Alma looked at my puzzled face. \u201cMore gay. He means more gay.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a food anthropologist.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou dig up old food?\u201d Ileana asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I \u2026 I \u2026\u201d I\u2019d never had it put that way before.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I felt a tug on my shorts. It was my son offering me a piece of play food. \u201cGracias.\u201d I pretended to eat the piece of wooden pepperoni and mushroom pizza.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Dr. Miriam Qui\u00f1ones-Smith, Robert Smith, Manny, Alma Diaz, Pepper Halstead, Delvis Ferrer, Marjory Smith, Dr. Fuentes, Detective Frank Pullman, Elliot Truman, Amanda Payne, Jorge Trujillo, Sunny Weatherman, Stormy Weatherman, Juliet Pimpkin, Ileana Ruiz, Yolanda, Beatriz, Andrew Smith, Sally Smith, Reagan Smith, Savanah Smith, Officer Gordon Smith, Junior Smith, Gabriela, Mrs. Lucy<\/p>\n

Cover by Joe Burleson<\/p>\n

Publisher: Dreamscape Media<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The rainbow is brighter there, if you know what I mean.\u201d Alma […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,37,897,190,24,204,8,41],"tags":[622,908,623],"class_list":["post-25583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-audio-book","category-contemporary","category-cozy","category-food","category-good","category-mystery","category-reread","tag-caribbean-kitchen","tag-frankie-corzo","tag-raquel-v-reyes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6ED","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25854,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25854","url_meta":{"origin":25583,"position":0},"title":"Dominoes, Danz\u00f3n, and Death, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"February 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dominoes, Danz\u00f3n, and Death, Audio Book (2025) Raquel V. 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