Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present CLEO COYLE!
Writes:
As Cleo Coyle, my husband and I write the New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mysteries, a fun series of “edge of your seat” murder mysteries that are packed with the kind of personal stakes that make you want to read “just one more chapter!”
Our stories are set in and around a charming, landmark coffeehouse in New York’s historic Greenwich Village, a quiet, tree-lined haven from the busier parts of the city. Hard-working single-mom Clare Cosi runs this century-old shop while doing her best to mother her quirky staff and manage the crazy challenges of her personal life.
Because Clare cares deeply about the community she serves, when bad things happen, she jumps in, doing all she can to help her friends and neighbors.Take our newest Coffeehouse release, EAT, DRINK, AND GET BURIED. Clare and her barista crew are hired to cater a glittering rooftop party, but the stunning view from the balcony ends in a shocking murder, and the person framed for this horrible crime is one of Clare’s favorite customers, a sweet young man and incredibly talented musician. Clare knows Ryan would never hurt anyone, so she sets out to find the truth, save her innocent friend from life in prison, and stop a ruthless killer.
Like every title in our Coffeehouse series, EAT, DRINK, AND GET BURIED can be read as a stand-alone story because we always take care to provide background information on our characters and relationships so that new readers won’t be lost. And, if you like our latest, you’ll have twenty-one more Coffeehouse Mysteries to enjoy.
About:
As devoted writing partners as well as married partners, Marc and I draw from our own experiences to portray the highs and lows of the relationships in our fiction with a unique blend of wit, wisdom, and (at times) raw honesty.
No matter what hurdles our characters face, we strive to create page-turning reads with happy endings, and we’d love the chance to uplift you with richly layered stories. (And those “layers” are essential in our Coffeehouse books…)
Clare’s efforts to right wrongs and catch clever killers are as important in our mysteries as the challenges she faces in her personal life: from supporting her young adult daughter to managing her eccentric octogenarian employer and dealing with the two men in her romantic orbit—irresistible globetrotting coffee hunter Matt Allegro and dedicated NYPD “OD Squad” detective Mike Quinn.
Cleo’s ideal reader match will enjoy…
- Witty, page-turning murder mysteries filled with warmth and humor, sizzling sparks of romance, and buckets of lively banter.
- A strong female amateur sleuth whose love of friends and family; keen sense of justice; and New York street smarts keep the suspense high and subplots simmering.
- Exciting insights into the glamour and grittiness of New York City and its many vibrant neighborhoods, written by two authors who live there—and have navigated its highs and lows, bright lights, and dark alleys for decades.
- A heartwarming cast of characters that will quickly become friends you’ll want to revisit.
- The delicious bliss of a culinary mystery laced with fascinating aspects of running a coffee business and BONUS RECIPES at the end of every book, including our latest…
See the FREE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE to the Recipe Section in our new Coffeehouse Mystery, EAT, DRINK, AND GET BURIED.
What to expect if you’re compatible with Cleo:
If you’re compatible with us, we would be thrilled to see you return to our beloved Coffeehouse world again and again. Give our latest release a read, and if you like it, you have many more caffeinated adventures to enjoy, including our very first Coffeehouse title, ON WHAT GROUNDS.
Our Coffeehouse community of readers have become our friends. and we’ve love to have you join in the fun by subscribing to our free COFFEE CLUB NEWSLETTER, where we share bonus recipes, book news, and giveaway contests for autographed novels, premium coffee, tote bags, and more!
Narrator: Rebecca Gibel
A Coffeehouse Mystery #22
When the Village Blend caters a glittering rooftop party, their creative coffee concoctions are eclipsed by a shocking murder in this compelling new Coffeehouse Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.
Years ago, when master roaster Clare Cosi was a newly divorced mom raising her daughter, Joy, Ava Welsh became Joy's best friend. Now the painfully shy girl next door has grown into a successful New York businesswoman, and Clare is delighted to be catering Ava’s coffee-themed party, especially when her boyfriend, Ryan, confides his plan to propose that very night.
Then a scream shatters the celebration. A woman is thrown off the balcony to her death, and Ryan—who abruptly flees the party—is accused of murder. Clare vows to help Ava clear his name.
Her digging uncovers suspicious connections to a deadly event from which a teenaged Joy and Ava barely escaped with their lives. The stakes rise ever higher as a ruthless killer attempts to keep the ugly truth buried—even if it means sending Clare and her caffeinated crew six feet under.
Includes a menu of party-ready recipes!
Mystery [ Berkley, On Sale: September 22, 2026, Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook, ISBN: 9780593642313 / eISBN: 9780593642320 ]
A Freshly Brewed Mystery with Plenty of Punch
CLEO COYLE is the New York Times bestselling pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing popular fiction in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. With more than 1 million books sold, Alice and Marc have authored more than 25 works in their two long-running, “relentlessly entertaining” mystery series.
Praised as a “master of misdirection” by Mystery Scene magazine, Cleo Coyle has been awarded starred reviews by Library Journal and Kirkus, honored with Best of Year selections by multiple reviewers, and recommended by Booklist and Library Journal for core library mystery collections.
Cleo’s Coffeehouse Mystery series, celebrated for pioneering both the “coffee” and “urban cozy” genres, follows the adventures of amateur sleuth Clare Cosi, a single mom with a complicated love life who manages a Greenwich Village coffeehouse and a quirky crew of baristas while helping the NYPD solve perplexing crimes.
Cleo’s Haunted Bookshop series, hailed as a highly original blend of cozy and hardboiled genres, features an earnest young New England widow who catches criminals with the help of a gumshoe ghost, the irresistible spirit of a tough private detective who’d been gunned down in her bookshop decades before.
In addition to their critically acclaimed mysteries, Alice and Marc have written multiple works of fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. They are also accomplished tie-in writers who have created bestselling properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM.
Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Alice and Marc live in New York City, where they haunt coffeehouses, hunt ghosts, wrangle rescue cats, cook like crazy, and write independently and together.
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