{"id":25673,"date":"2026-01-18T09:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25673"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:32:28","slug":"calypso-corpses-and-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25673","title":{"rendered":"Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/calypso-corpses-and-cooking-raquel-v-reyes\/1140985492?en=2940175108263\"><em>Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Reyes_Raquel.php\">Raquel V. Reyes<\/a> narrated by Frankie Corzo (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #2)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Calypso_Corpses_and_Cooking.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>I am very much enjoying the narration. I don&#8217;t speak Spanish, but the story is perfectly understandable despite that, and, honestly, I think the Spanish is lovely to listen to.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This series is about an archaeologist like you,\u201d she said, holding a book by Elly Griffiths book. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I\u2019m an anthropologist, not an archaeologist. I dig culture, not dirt.\u201d I smiled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The Celtic pagan tradition of feeding the dead was not unlike the Mexican Dia de los Muertos practice of taking your relative\u2019s favorite meal to their grave site. The Japanese did something similar during the Buddhist Obon festival.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I put a blue tin of butter cookies on the tray, and we\u2014dog and kid included\u2014went onto the patio. Alma opened the container, and we each selected our favorites. The fluted one for me, the square sugar-crusted one for Ana, and the pretzel-shaped one for Alma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WHAT? I thought those only held buttons!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Dr. Miriam Qui\u00f1ones-Smith, Robert Smith, Manny, Alma Diaz, Pepper Hallstead, Sophia Hallstead, Andrew Smith, Sally Smith, Reagan Smith, Savanah Smith, Stormy Weatherman, Officer Gordon Smith, Delvis Ferrer, Lois Pimpkin, Paul Pimpkin, Samford Pimpkin, Juliet Pimpkin, Marie, Jamal, Omarosa, Detective Frank Pullman, Tom, Yolanda\/Yoli, Beatriz\/Bette, T\u00eda Elba, Anastasia, Marjory Smith, Gillian Brown, Patricia Campbell, Leticia Octavia de Salazar Guzman, Valerie Thomas, Sebi Malkov, Chef Beverly, Emily Martin \/ Emilia B. Martinez, Ileana, Wichie, Tatiana, Dom and Estrella, Susan and Fred Clark, Jorge Trujillo, Sam Evans, Mrs. Lucy,<\/p>\n<p>Cover by Joe Burleson<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Dreamscape Media<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking, Audio Book (2022) Raquel V. Reyes narrated by Frankie Corzo (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #2) I am very much enjoying the narration. I don&#8217;t speak Spanish, but the story is perfectly understandable despite that, and, honestly, I think the Spanish is lovely to listen to. This series is about an archaeologist [&hellip;]<\/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":[12,37,897,24,204,8,41],"tags":[622,908,623],"class_list":["post-25673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-audio-book","category-contemporary","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-6G5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25583,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25583","url_meta":{"origin":25673,"position":0},"title":"Mango, Mambo, and Murder, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"December 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Mango, Mambo, and Murder, Audio Book (2021) Raquel V. 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