Clare Cosi, the nosy coffee house manager, is at it again. A friend, who is a Santa Claus for charity, is murdered. The story is sufficiently complex, and Clare's complicated family and personal life are again at the center. But this makes for a good story, and the holiday theme is enjoyable, eve...
Clare and Matteo co-run the Village Coffee Shop in Manhattan. They also parent 20 something daughter, Joy. They have been divorced, friends, and bantering back and forth for six books now. Finally, in book seven, Matteo has become engaged to the less than kind and friendly editor, Breanne Summ...
The descriptives are heavy handed, Yes, it's good to give me details but but they are quite repetitive. I am big on vocabulary, but where it is warranted. There is no need to pull out the big words for all the text. Characters are more believable if they have their own dialogue style.Lots of dram...
If terrific coffee drinks were not enough, the. Village Blend Coffee shop in New York has decided to team up with a superb chocolate company to market a new blend guaranteed to get the romantic juices flowing. Clare, the store's manager, is not convinced that this is a great idea but the store's...
My first read of a Coffeehouse Mystery....but most definitely not my last! I now want to go back to the beginning and read the entire series.I'm a huge fan of cozy mysteries,and if this book is any indication, this series will not disappoint. The core group of characters have varied personalitie...
I haven't read a murder mystery since "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" years ago. My mom lent this to me and she was right that it was a lot of fun. The murders are in connection with a local coffeeshop/bakery and the setting for a lot of the scenes include delicious descriptions of egg nog ...
Clare is preparing a coffee and dessert bar for a wedding at the Metropolitan Museum. Having it at the museum is special but what makes it really special is the wedding is for her ex-husband and his socialite finance, Breanne Summour. Clare is OK with Breanne's bridezilla attacks but when someone...
This is one of my absolute favorite cozy series! I LOVE Clare and the Coffeehouse Mysteries, and Billionaire Blend was a wonderful treat. It had all of the charm of a cozy with the excitement of a well plotted thriller. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading, and I sim...
When a beautiful Russian model falls into a drug-induced coma at an event the Village Blend coffee house is helping to cater, manager Clare Cosi is concerned that Matteo, her ex-husband, and business partner, may become a suspect. She's also dealing with the ex-wife (nasty) and two kids (adorabl...
Fourth in the Coffeeshop Mystery series revolving around the manager of the Village Blend, an independent coffeeshop in Greenwich Village, New York.My TakeIf you want to understand coffee as one would appreciate wine, this is the series for you as Coyle goes into great detail about the roasts, th...
First in the Coffeehouse Mystery series set inside an historic coffeehouse in Greenwich Village in New York City. My Take Clare is obsessed with telling us all about coffee. Now, I don't like drinking coffee unless I've added so much milk, sugar, and/or flavorings that there is not much coffee le...
Greenwich Village coffee shop manager and amateur sleuth Clare Cosi is faced with her most perilous mystery yet in Latte Trouble, the third Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle (On What Grounds and Through the Grinder). It's Fashion Week in New York City -- and Clare's shop, the historic Village ...
Second in the Coffeehouse Mystery series set in an independent coffeehouse, the Village Blend, based in Greenwich Village in New York City.My TakeI loved and hated this! The story was good and the ending made me cry!! The theme for this installment is online dating in all its frustrations along w...
At the Village Blend, Clare and her baristas refer to a decaffeinated espresso as a "why bother?" but Clare knows that a growing percentage of customers prefer decaf at least part of the time. So when an old friend of Matt's develops the first botanically decaffeinated coffee bean, Clare leaps at...
Murder takes the plunge in the sixth book in the Coffeehouse mystery series. Clare Cosi's daughter, Joy, is interning-and falling- for a top New York chef when his kitchen turns cutthroat, and Joy becomes a murder suspect. Clare knows she must catch the real killer-even if it lands her in the h...
It barely pierced the darkness beyond.“I think there’s more than one room,” he announced excitedly.He scrambled through, then turned and helped me cross the threshold. Madame wouldn’t be kept out, even though the only way through the hearth’s secret door was to crawl.“I kissed the Blarney stone. ...