{"id":6225,"date":"2016-11-29T08:25:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=6225"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:35:08","slug":"salsa-nocturna-audible-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6225","title":{"rendered":"Salsa Nocturna, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2gBMUt6\">Salsa Nocturna<\/a><\/em>, Audible Version (2012\/2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/older_daniel.php\">Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older<\/a>, read by the author<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2gBMUt6\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Salsa_Nocturna.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"salsa_nocturna\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Salsa_Nocturna.jpg?w=667&amp;ssl=1 667w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Salsa_Nocturna.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>As with his Bone Street Rumba novels, Daniel Jose Older reads his own work, and it&#8217;s totally great!<\/p>\n<p>This short story collection was published before <em>Half-Resurrection Blues<\/em> and features not just Carlos and Riley, but one of my favorite characters, Gordo. I keep waiting for Gordo to appear in the novels, but I suppose that since his introduction is in a short story, we won&#8217;t see him unless\/until Daniel Older integrates these stories into a novel.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for an introduction to Daniel Jose Older, this is perfect.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Audible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salsa Nocturna, Audible Version (2012\/2014) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older, read by the author As with his Bone Street Rumba novels, Daniel Jose Older reads his own work, and it&#8217;s totally great! This short story collection was published before Half-Resurrection Blues and features not just Carlos and Riley, but one of my favorite characters, Gordo. I keep [&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":true,"_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":[191,37,2,48,44,41,16,34,20],"tags":[139,138,140],"class_list":["post-6225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-female","category-hispanic","category-reread","category-supernatural","category-urban-fantasy","category-young-adult","tag-bone-street-rumba","tag-daniel-jose-older","tag-shadowshaper-cypher"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1Cp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24922,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24922","url_meta":{"origin":6225,"position":0},"title":"Salsa Nocturna, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"September 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Salsa Nocturna, Audiobook (2012) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older narrated by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older (Bone Street Rumba #2.5) Nothing marginalizes marginalized people like a dead white guy talking sympathetically. 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