Coffeehouse Mystery #15
Berkley Prime Crime
December 2015
On Sale: December 1, 2015
Featuring: Clare Cosi
414 pages ISBN: 0425276090 EAN: 9780425276099 Kindle: B00U5LC1EM Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
From the New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Grind comes an exciting new installment in the "highly satisfying"* Coffeehouse Mystery series. *Publishers Weekly After the White House asks coffeehouse manager and master roaster Clare Cosi to consult on the coffee service for a Rose Garden Wedding, she discovers a historic pot was used as a CIA "dead drop" decades before. Now long-simmering secrets boil over, scalding Clare and the people around her...
Clare's visit to the nation's capital is off to a graceful start. Her octogenarian employer is bunking with her in a charming Georgetown mansion, and she's invited to work with a respected curator on the Smithsonian's culinary salute to coffee in America.
Unfortunately, Clare's new Village Blend DC is struggling to earn a profit--until its second floor jazz club attracts a high-profile fan, the college-age daughter of the U.S. President. Clare's stock rises as the First Lady befriends her, but she soon learns a stark lesson: Washington can be murder.
First a stylish State Department employee suspiciously collapses in her coffeehouse. Then the President's daughter goes missing. Is she a runaway bride or is something more sinister in play? After another deadly twist, Clare is on the run with her NYPD detective boyfriend. Branded an enemy of the state, she must piece together clues and uncover the truth before her life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness come to a bitter end.
You never fail to amaze me with the new plots that you come up with for your book, and this new one is no exception!! I'm looking forward to reading your latest book, and have already put it on my TBR list. Congratulations on your latest book, and I'm sure it's going to do very well!! Have a wonderful Christmas, and all the best to you and your family in the coming year!! (Peggy Roberson 6:41am December 7, 2015)
Peggy - Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and I'm happy to report that in its first week on sale DEAD TO THE LAST DROP has hit multiple bestseller lists and readers have told me it's sold out at many of their local stores! Nice news. And no worries, the stores will re-stock! I hope you enjoy Clare's trip to Washington, Peggy, it's an exciting entry in our series, and there are characters you'll meet who are still close to our hearts. We hope you are charmed by them, as well.
Thank you for the holiday joy. Merry Christmas to you and your family and may your New Year be bright!
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