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NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY

No Roast for the Weary, April 2025
Coffeehouse Mystery #21
by Cleo Coyle

Berkley
Featuring: Clare Cosi
352 pages
ISBN: 0593642287
EAN: 9780593642283
Kindle: B0D8KDMP6S
Hardcover / e-Book
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NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY
Cleo Coyle

Reviewed by Teresa Cross
Posted April 28, 2025

Mystery Cozy

It is finally here! This husband and wife writing duo, Cleo Coyle, has their 21st book in the Coffeehouse Series,  NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY for our reading pleasure! Even if you are new to this series, it will not take you long to love the characters that Coyle has created. However, if you have followed the series you will see how the characters have grown throughout.  Making this cozy mystery series the best!

 

 

It starts out with Village Blend having a slow sale of coffee after the pandemic. Clare is not about to let the landmark coffee shop sink. Along with her staff they come up with a way to bring the customers back with the rebirth of the  Writer’s Block Lounge. It was popular back in the day when Clare’s mentor, Madame, the owner ran it. As they say, history repeats itself. And so it does with the overcrowded tables of writers, and murder. 

 

Clare takes you through the streets of New York yet again with the ambition to find clues to what happened in a cold case from the past that could be the downfall of the Village Blend now. The excitement I felt when reading the last ten chapters was totally exhilarating as Clare got closer to discovering answers. This one will not disappoint with the food that Coyle always describes that Clare shares with those around her. Just make sure you are reading on a full stomach. 

 

Like the rest in the series, this one has the recipes for all those dishes described or mentioned throughout the chapters. You will want to mark a few to try.  Cleo Coyle’s NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY has a special insert in the back as well for 7 tips to help with Writer’s Block. With all this added extra, you do not want to miss this one. 

 

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SUMMARY

When the Village Blend opens a Writer’s Block Lounge, a cold case crime turns up the heat on Clare and her crew in this gripping new entry in the beloved Coffeehouse Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

As much as master roaster Clare Cosi adores coffee, the landmark shop she manages won’t survive if she doesn’t sell enough of it. So when the Village Blend’s customer traffic grinds to a halt, she turns to her staff for creative ideas, and the Writer’s Block Lounge is born.

Madame, the eccentric octogenarian owner of the shop, is upset by this news. Years ago, a group of accomplished writers used the shop’s second-floor lounge to inspire each other, but the group disbanded when something dark occurred. Though that history is shrouded in mystery, Clare presses forward…

Soon the Village Blend tables are filled with aspiring novelists, playwrights, and poets, all happy to be coaxed, cajoled, and caffeinated by her coffeehouse crew. Clare admires the stamina of these scribes, many of them toiling at night jobs—driving taxis, tending bar, ushering for Broadway—while penning projects during the day.

Then one of their fictions turns fatal when a shocking secret leads to a deadly end. Unless Clare can untangle this mystery, uncover the truth, and stop a desperate killer, she fears more of these weary writers may be marked for eternal rest.

Includes a knockout menu of recipes!

EXCERPT

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BOOK SERIES

Coffeehouse Mystery

On What Grounds
ON WHAT GROUNDS
#1.0 • September 2003
Through The Grinder
THROUGH THE GRINDER
#2.0 • October 2004
Latte Trouble
LATTE TROUBLE
#3.0 • August 2005
Murder Most Frothy
MURDER MOST FROTHY
#4.0 • August 2006
Decaffeinated Corpse
DECAFFEINATED CORPSE
#5.0 • July 2007
French Pressed
FRENCH PRESSED
#6.0 • April 2008
Espresso Shot
ESPRESSO SHOT
#7.0 • October 2008
Holiday Grind
HOLIDAY GRIND
#8.0 • November 2009
Roast Mortem
ROAST MORTEM
#9.0 • August 2010
Murder By Mocha
MURDER BY MOCHA
#10.0 • August 2011
A Brew To A Kill
A BREW TO A KILL
#11.0 • August 2012
Holiday Buzz
HOLIDAY BUZZ
#12.0 • December 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