Coffeehouse Mystery #1
Berkley Prime Crime
September 2003
On Sale: September 1, 2003
Featuring: Clare Cosi
288 pages ISBN: 042519213X EAN: 9780425192139 Kindle: B000Q360CI Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Ten years ago, Clare Cosi left an unhappy marriage along with a job she loved: managing the historic Village Blend coffeehouse in New Yorkโs Greenwich Village. For a decade, she was happy raising her daughter in the quiet suburbs of New Jersey; but now that Joy is grown and gone, life has gotten way too quiet for Clare.
With a little cajoling from Madame, the Blendโs flamboyant, elderly owner (not to mention a persuasive pot of Jamaica Blue Mountain), Clare agrees to return to her old jobโand right from the start she gets one heck of a jolt.
On her first morning back as Village Blend manager, Clare unlocks the front door to find her beautiful, young assistant manager, Anabelle Hart, unconscious in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere. As Anabelle is rushed to the hospital, police arrive to investigate, but Detective Mike Quinn finds no sign of forced entry or foul play, and he deems it an accident. Clare disagrees; and after Quinn leaves, there are a few questions she just canโt get out of her mind, like why was the trash bin in the wrong place? If this wasnโt an accident, are her other baristas in danger? And are all NYPD detectives this attractive?
The first entry in the nationally bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series and a #1 paperback bestseller of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
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