NEWS
Mango, Mambo, and Murder is being made into a TV series called “Miami Spice”! Read the Variety article here.
Said Emmy-winning Gato Grande CEO Carla Vargas Gonzalez: “‘Miami Spice’ will play on the riveting mystery and biting wit that fans loved in ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Only Murders in the Building.’ Raquel V. Reyes’ brilliant book series is exactly the type of Latin American IP that will hook mainstream audiences.”
Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking won an International Latino Book Award gold medal.
Barbacoa, Bomba, & Betrayal is on shelves! Read the Sun Sentinel review here.
Pre-order Dominoes, Danzón, and Death Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #4
UPCOMING EVENTS & APPEARANCES
Between the Covers on South Florida PBS WXEL Summer Series
Bouchercon 2024 Nashville August 28th – September 1st
Los Angeles Libros Festival September 28th
First Draft: A Literary Social (virtual) October 9th 2024 (more details soon)
PODCAST, GUEST BLOG POSTS, ARTICLES, & VIDEOS
Interview & Reading opening pages of Barbacoa, Bomba, & Betrayal for Latino Book Chat
Interview by Richie Narvaez for Crime Reads
We Are What We Read YouTube series
LatinXcellence Writers Roundtable for PopCultX
The Mother as Sleuth essay for Crime Reads
Writer Types podcast hosted by Eric Beetner
Women Writers, Women’s Books: I interview my main character, Miriam Quiñones
Hear a sample of the audiobook version of MMM voiced by Frankie Corzo
There Is No Cussing In Cozies, Damnit an article I wrote for Novel Suspects
Corks & Conversation podcast with Game of Books/Christie & Cathi
The Cozy Corner podcast hosted by Alexia Gordon
Mystery Fanfare– Recipe from the book
Jungle Red Writers– Short (Fiction) Attention Span
Read an excerpt of Mango, Mambo, and Murder on Novel Suspects.
Latinx Panel by NorCal MWA for San Fransico Library’s ¡VIVA! Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Chicks on the Case 9/8 Guest post where I explain a bit about Food Anthropology.
Miss Deameanors a fun guest blog post about Spanglish
The Wickeds 5/14/21 Get a peek at how I developed my characters.
Underrepresented Voices (Bouchercon Event that was rescheduled as virtual) Hosted by Murder by the Book Watch the video on their YouTube channel. (I’m at the 30 min mark)
LISTS & REVIEWS
The Sun-Sentinel– Oline Cogdill
Library Journal – Starred Review!
Latinx in Publishing (Book 2)
The Librarian’s Lunchbox feature
10 Humorous Murder Mysteries Like Knives Out BookRiot
15 of the Best Upcoming Cozy Mysteries for the Second Half of 2021
OTHER FUN STUFF
Raquel in conversation with Elizabeth Gonzalez James @ Books & Books (view it here)