Description
Clare Cosi, manager and head barista of the landmark Village Blend coffeehouse, can brew a beverage to die for. But can she stir up some evidence against a bitter killer who’s gone loco for mocha?
Clare’s Village Blend beans are being used to create a new java love potion: a “Mocha Magic Coffee” billed as an aphrodisiac. Clare may even try some on her boyfriend, NYPD detective Mike Quinn—when he’s off duty, of course…
The product, expected to rake in millions, will be sold exclusively on Aphrodite’s Village, one of the Web’s most popular online communities for women. But the launch party ends on a sour note when one of the Website’s editors is found dead.
When more of the Website’s Sisters of Aphrodite start to die, Clare is convinced someone wants the coffee’s secret formula—and is willing to kill to get it. Clare isn’t about to spill the beans, but will she be next on the hit list? Includes recipes and coffee-making tips!
About the Author
JoinCleo's Coffee Clubfor bonus recipes and giveaways:Click Here to Subscribe to Cleo’s Free NewsletterCLEO COYLEis theNew York TimesandPublishers Weeklybestselling pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. With more than 1 million books sold, they have gained an enthusiastic following. Cleo's "relenlessly entertaining" (Criminal Element) novels have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Czech. Their books have earned starred reviews fromLibrary JournalandKirkus, Best of Year selection honors from multiple reviewers, and have been recommended byBooklistas among the best culinary mysteries for core library mystery collections.When not haunting coffeehouses, hunting ghosts, or wrangling their rescued stray cats, Alice and Marc areNew York Timesbestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. One of those projects (ghostwritten by Alice Alfonsi) was named byEntertainment Weeklyas the best media tie-in book written that year.CONNECT WITH CLEOatCleoCoyle.comandCoffeehouseMystery.com*******CLEO'S TWO BESTSELLING SERIES:Cleo’sCoffeehouse Mysteryseries, celebrated for pioneering both the “urban cozy" and “coffee cozy” mystery genres, follows the adventures of amateur sleuth Clare Cosi, a single mom with a complicated love life who manages a Greenwich Village coffeehouse and a crew of quirky baristas who helps her solve perplexing crimes.Cleo’sHaunted Bookshop Mysteryseries, hailed as a highly original and "utterly charming" (Mystery Scene) blend of cozy and hardboiled genres, features an earnest young New England widow who catches criminals with the help of a gumshoe ghost, the irrepressible spirit of a tough private detective who’d been gunned down in her bookshop decades before.*******LATEST BOOK NEWS:Don't miss the upcoming title in Cleo's long-running Coffeehouse Mystery series,NO ROAST FOR THE WEARY,now available for pre-order. Cleo's most recent release,BULLETPROOF BARISTA,was a "wildly entertaining" (Criminal Elment) national mystery bestseller; a #1 category best seller for Amazon; and honored with 2 Best of Year list selections by reviewers. The previous book in the series, "a honey of a tale" (Kirkus)HONEY ROASTEDis now available in a new paperback edition.Cleo's latest Haunted Bookshop Mystery releases includeTHE GHOST AND THE STOLEN TEARS,praised byKirkusas "a gem of a story." AndTHE GHOST GOES TO THE DOGS,a #1 category best seller for Amazon, whichFresh Fictioncalled "amazing and unique." The next Haunted Bookshop adventure is now underway!