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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Grind comes an exciting new installment in the "highly satisfying" Coffeehouse Mystery series. After the White House asks coffeehouse manager and master roaster Clare Cosi to consult on the coffee service for a Rose Garden Wedding, she discovers a historic pot was used as a CIA "dead drop" decades before. Now long-simmering secrets boil over, scalding Clare and the people around her. Clare's visit to the nation's capital is off to a show more graceful start. Her octogenarian employer lands her a housesitting job in a charming Georgetown mansion, and she's invited to work with a respected curator on the Smithsonian's culinary salute to coffee in America. Unfortunately, Clare's new Village Blend DC is struggling to earn a profit, until its second floor Jazz Space attracts a high-profile fan the college age daughter of the U.S. President. Clare's stock rises as the First Lady befriends her, but she soon learns a stark lesson: Washington can be murder. First a stylish State Department employee suspiciously collapses in her coffeehouse. Then the President's daughter goes missing. Is she a runaway bride or is something more sinister in play? After another deadly twist, Clare is on the run with her NYPD detective boyfriend. Branded an enemy of the state, she must piece together clues and uncover the truth before her life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness come to a bitter end. Includes great American recipes!-- show lessTags
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Clare is in DC, getting the new coffee house open and canoodling with boyfriend, Mike. The new coffee house has a bar and jazz club but business has not been great. Could it be the odd menu the new chef is preparing? Of course in time a murder occurs and Clare has to solve it and this time the mystery reaches all the way to the White House.
This series is super and this book is a standout in this series. The move to DC was fun and of course only Clare could manage to get on the wrong side of FLOTUS. All the information about jazz was really interesting and I plan to hunt down some of the music that is mentioned in the book. The mystery is good as is all the DC information. And OMG, the food. Look for lots of mouthwatering recipes that show more tempt you throughout the book. show less
This series is super and this book is a standout in this series. The move to DC was fun and of course only Clare could manage to get on the wrong side of FLOTUS. All the information about jazz was really interesting and I plan to hunt down some of the music that is mentioned in the book. The mystery is good as is all the DC information. And OMG, the food. Look for lots of mouthwatering recipes that show more tempt you throughout the book. show less
Setting for this book was in Washington DC instead of Manhattan, but the change of *scenery* was refreshing. Claire is in DC for the opening/operating of the new Village Blend, DC. Because I was so busy, I was reading this in spurts. It went back and forth in time, so at times I had trouble keeping up, but this was my fault, not the author's. When I was able to spend time reading this book, it flowed very well. Coyle did a great job transiting from one time to the other.
Particularly loved this one because it felt very fresh (after 14 books in a series, that's no small accomplishment).
Exciting page turning with the presidents' daughter at the center of it, DC coffeehouse and State Dept boyfriend, DC elite. Exciting and thrilling read. Most recent of the series. You will never guess who is in on the murder!
And it was just as good rereading it in October of 2018!!
And it was just as good rereading it in October of 2018!!
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Cleo Coyle is the pen name for Alice Alfonsi, who writes with her husband, Marc Cerasini. This popular married writing team was born and raised in Pittsburgh, met in New York City, and married in Las Vegas. Together they've authored a number of bestselling books. As Cleo Coyle, they write The Coffeehouse Mysteries. As Alice Kimberly, they write show more The Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Cleo Coyle is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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COFFEEHOUSE MYSTERIES: On What Grounds; Through the Grinder; Latte Trouble; Murder Most Frothy; Decaffeinated Corpse; French Pressed; Espresso Shot; Holiday Grind; Roast Mortem; Murder By Mocha; A Brew to a Kill; Holiday Buzz; Billionaire Blend; Once Upon a Grind; Dead To the Last Drop; Dead Cold Brew by Cleo Coyle
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- Dead to the Last Drop
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- New York, New York, USA
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