When Raquel Puig Zaldivar was sent to meet a federal prison inmate while working as a freelance attorney in the 1990s, it unexpectedly reignited her love for writing.
The encounter inspired Bolero, her first novel to be published in almost 30 years.
The story follows fictional Miami attorney Natalia Armand as she searches for answers after a fire and explosion at one of her client’s properties. The townhome was rented by Alberto Maciel, a Cuban chemical engineer accused of conspiracy to traffic drugs, who was loosely based on the inmate Puig Zaldivar interviewed…