Selected for Kirkus' Indie Books of the Month

"The city of Oaxaca, lively, dark and under threat, plays a starring role in this satisfying mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews

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When a suspicious gas leak blows up his favorite doughnut shop, a retired American expat bumbles into a mystery in Mexico. He follows money flowing down from the States, cocoa beans going north, and finds some tasty foodie hangouts to help him start his days on the prowl.

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Oacaca Chocolate is a cross-border mystery, a travel guide, an expat’s struggle with multinational takeovers in a corrupt state, a scammer’s lament, and a taste of the comida and mezcal in Mexico’s most beautiful colonial city located high in its scenic, southern mountains.