Dead Cold Brew

by Cleo Coyle

Overview

The perfect proposal leads to a chilling cold case in this novel in the New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series.

After everything Clare and her NYPD detective boyfriend have been through, they deserve a little bit of happily ever after. But while Mike's marriage proposal to Clare is steeped in perfection, the celebration of their engagement is not long lived.

First, a grim-faced attorney interrupts their party with a mysterious letter bequeathing a hidden treasure to Clare's daughter. Next, the world-famous jeweler who designed Clare's ring is found poisoned in his shop. Both events appear to be connected to a cold case murder involving a sunken ship, an Italian curse, a charming jewel thief, and a shocking family secret. With deadly trouble brewing, Clare must track down clues in some of New York's most secret places before an old vendetta produces fresh corpses.

With recipes to die for, including how to make cold-brew coffee at home!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425276129
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	Coffeehouse Mystery Series , #16
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	117,527
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Cleo Coyle is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries—now celebrating more than ten years in print. As Alice Kimberly, they also write the nationally bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. Alice has worked as a journalist in Washington, D.C., and New York, and has written popular fiction for adults and children. A former magazine editor, Marc has authored espionage thrillers and nonfiction for adults and children. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together.

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Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Coffeehouse Mysteries
 
“A delicious mystery!”—Woman’s World
 
“Fun and gripping.”—Huffington Post
 
“Mix[es] clever and intricate plots with a regular cast of characters who become more enjoyable with every episode.”—Booklist
 
“Among the best of the foodie/cozy mystery genre.”—Fresh Fiction
 
“Clare and company are some of the most vibrant characters I’ve ever read.”—Mystery Scene

From the Publisher

11/14/2016
A murder aboard the Andrea Doria, after the doomed luxury liner’s collision with another ship off the coast of Nantucket in 1956, propels Coyle’s satisfying 16th Coffeehouse mystery (after 2015’s Dead to the Last Drop). Flash forward 60 years. Clare Cosi, the manager of the Village Blend, a Greenwich Village coffeehouse, which she runs with her ex-husband, Matteo Allegro, is the only witness to get a look at a sniper who has been picking off New York City cops. Unfortunately, to Clare the shooter looked exactly like the cartoon superhero Panther Man—complete with cape and pointy ears. Will her policeman boyfriend, Mike Quinn, think she’s lost her mind? The plot’s blend includes a fabulous diamond, blackmail, embezzlement, surprise inheritances, murder, and a decades-old family scandal. Along with this spicy mix, the reader gets a generous helping of coffee lore and over a dozen lusciously rich recipes. Coyle is the pseudonym for the husband-and-wife team of Alice Alfonsi and Marc Cerasini. Agent: John Talbot, Talbot Fortune. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

07/01/2016
After Dead to the Last Drop, the New York Times best-selling "Coffeehouse Mysteries" series returns for a 16th cup. Clare and her NYPD detective boyfriend are living it up at their engagement party when a letter arrives (via a stuffy-looking lawyer) announcing that Clare's daughter will receive a mysterious treasure. Then the jeweler who designed Clare's engagement ring is found poisoned. It's all linked to a cold case murder, a sunken ship, and a debonair jewel thief.

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