Death Comes in Through the Kitchen

American food writer Matt never imagined that his trip to see Yarmila, his Cuban fiancée and a food blogger, would begin with his discovery of her dead body, or that he would quickly become regarded as the primary suspect in her murder. With police attention focused on him, Matt is left to Matt to find out who could have killed her and why. His efforts to learn the truth of Yarmi's death show him how much he didn't know about her life in Havana outside of what she told him in their phone calls, emails, and one prior in-person visit. Dovalpage's inclusion of Yarmi's blog posts and mouth-watering recipes makes excellent use of the novel's 2003 setting (and technological limitations in communication). Cynthia Farrell nimbly narrates the novel's large cast of characters and their varying American and Cuban accents.