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From Cleo Coyle, the New York Times bestselling author of Dead Cold Brew, comes a delicious new entry in the "fun and gripping" (The Huffington Post) Coffeehouse Mysteries.

Coffeehouse Mystery #17
Berkley Prime Crime
April 2018
On Sale: April 17, 2018
368 pages
ISBN: 0451488849
EAN: 9780451488848
Kindle: B07465ZYKT
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A new smartphone dating game turns the Village Blend into
a hookup hot spot, until one dark night, when a gunshot
leaves a dead body behind and the landmark coffeehouse
becomes the center of a whole new scene--a crime scene.

As Village Blend manager Clare Cosi attempts to finalize
a date for her wedding, her ex-husband becomes addicted
to making dates through smartphone swipes. Clare has
mixed feelings about these quickie matchups happening in
her coffeehouse. Even her octogenarian employer is
selecting suitors by screenshot! But business is booming,
and Clare works hard to keep the espresso shots flowing.
Then one dark night, another kind of shot leaves a dead
body for her to find.

The corpse is a successful entrepreneur who became
notorious for his "hit it and quit it" behavior: prowling
for women on dating apps, then devastating his conquests
with morning-after insults. Though the NYPD quickly
arrests one of his recent victims, Clare finds reason to
believe she's been framed.

Now, with the help of her ex and crew of quirky baristas,
Clare starts "swiping" through suspects in her own shop,
determined to find the real killer before another shot
rings out.

Includes a bang-up menu of tempting recipes.



Start Reading SHOT IN THE DARK Now

Coffeehouse Mystery

On What Grounds
ON WHAT GROUNDS
#1.0 • September 2003
Through The Grinder
THROUGH THE GRINDER
#2.0 • October 2004
Murder Most Frothy
MURDER MOST FROTHY
#4.0 • August 2006
Decaffeinated Corpse
DECAFFEINATED CORPSE
#5.0 • July 2007
Murder By Mocha
MURDER BY MOCHA
#10.0 • August 2011
A Brew To A Kill
A BREW TO A KILL
#11.0 • August 2012
Billionaire Blend
BILLIONAIRE BLEND
#13.0 • December 2013
Once Upon a Grind
ONCE UPON A GRIND
#14.0 • December 2014
Dead to the Last Drop
DEAD TO THE LAST DROP
#15.0 • December 2015
Dead Cold Brew
DEAD COLD BREW
#16.0 • January 2017
Shot in the Dark
SHOT IN THE DARK
#17.0 • April 2018
Brewed Awakening
BREWED AWAKENING
#18.0 • December 2019
Honey Roasted
HONEY ROASTED
#19.0 • February 2022
Bulletproof Barista
BULLETPROOF BARISTA
#20.0 • November 2023
No Roast for the Weary
NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY
#21.0 • April 2025
Eat, Drink, and Get Buried
EAT, DRINK, AND GET BURIED
#22.0 • September 2026


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