Clare's surprised to see all her cop friends in the coffeehouse one morning. She's even more surprised when she's arrested for stealing Mike's heart and discovers Mike down on one knee asking her to marry him. Of course she agrees. She loves the detective, but that doesn't mean she's not worried about him.

There's someone hunting cops in New York City. Clare witnesses one attack. She spots someone running from the scene in a Panther Man costume. When the press gets wind of it, they have a field day. The detective in charge of the investigation sidelines Mike and isn't interested in anything else Clare has to contribute.

Annoyed, Clare doesn't butt out of the investigation; she's more determined than ever to help.

But her personal life leaves little time. Her ex-husband's marriage is blowing up. He's sleeping in his warehouse and looks terrible. His mother, and Clare's boss, is worried sick about him. Plus he needs her help with an inheritance issue, that may or may not be cursed.

Once again, Clare's pulled into the middle of everything and into danger.

DEAD COLD BREW is the sixteenth book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series by Cleo Coyle. While you can read the book as a standalone, it's much better read as a series. It's nice to see familiar friends from the baristas to the police to Clare's family. As always, the food described in this book makes my mouth water. Luckily, there are recipes in the back of the book in case you want to duplicate the delicious sounding food.

The mystery from the past moves to the present with family drama. The book starts with a prologue from 1956, then jumps to the present. The prologue sets up one of the mysteries involving an inheritance, a mysterious death, and blackmail.

The plot weaves together really nicely with twists and turns I didn't see coming. I loved the action and danger, it kept me turning the pages.