The coffeehouse is bursting with dates, thanks to a new hot dating app. The coffeehouse is known for great coffee and treats, helping it become a popular meeting place. A confrontation between a woman and her companion involving a gun scares away present and future customers. It doesn't matter that the gun was loaded with blanks and no one is injured.

A video of the incident goes viral, leaving Clare concerned about her customer base. She's right to worry, the number of customers drops significantly. The app's management requests a meeting with Clare hoping to salvage both their reputations. Clare's not impressed with the management team, but they do have a plan to gain back their customers. But that's not all Clare's concerned about. The more she learns about the app, the more she's concerned for the users. She quickly realizes that the victim isn't who he says he is and that he charms women, sleeps with them, and then ghosts them. When a woman turns up dead in the water, Clare believes he could be responsible for her murder. Clare's determined to uncover the truth about the murder and the dating app, even if she has to go undercover online to do it.

Clare solves her 17th mystery in SHOT IN THE DARK by Cleo Coyle. As always, the Coffeehouse Mystery series is mouthwateringly good from the food shared in the story to the recipes provided in the back of the book. This long running series engages readers with the personal plots of the characters, keeping them coming back for more.

Clare's fiancé is gone for most of the book. Misunderstandings and miscommunications create rocky relationships throughout the cast of characters. The dating app provides a fresh way to look at feminism and #metoo in the dating world.