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Coffeehouse Mystery #8
Penguin
November 2010
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Featuring: Clare Cosi
384 pages ISBN: 0425237885 EAN: 9780425237885 Kindle: B002DW935G Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
Thereโs nothing cozier than a winter evening in Greenwich Village. Streetlights shimmer through icy flakes. Cafรฉs glow with welcoming warmth. Boots crunch along cobblestones, and a layer of snow dusts historic townhouses like powdered sugar on Christmas confections. Murder has no place in such a pretty picture, until now...
Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi has grown very fond of Alfred Glockner, the part-time comic and genuinely jolly charity Santa whoโs been using her Village Blend as a place to warm his mittens. When she finds him brutally gunned down in a nearby alley, a few subtle clues convince her that Alfredโs death was something more than the tragic result of a random muggingโthe conclusion of the police.
With Clareโs boyfriend, NYPD Detective Mike Quinn, distracted by a cold case of his own, and ex-husband Matt investigating this yearโs holiday lingerie catalogs (an annual event), Clare charges ahead solo and discovers Santa had a list that he was checking twiceโand the folks on it were not very nice. Then someone tries to ice Clare, and she really gets steamed. Between baking delicious Christmas goodies and fending off the attentions of a persistent professional elf, Clare sets out to solve Santaโs slaying. But she'd better watch out, because if she fails to stop this stone cold killer, she may just get the biggest chill of her life.
This very special, holiday entry in Cleo Coyle's nationally bestselling series includes an extra-large bonus section of delicious holiday recipes as well as a glossary of coffeehouse terms, instructions on making espressos and lattes without an expensive machine, and tips for creating your own tasty coffeehouse syrups at home.
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