From the New York Times bestselling author of Once upon a Grind comes an exciting new installment in the Coffeehouse Mystery series.
Clare’s visit to the nation’s capital is off to a graceful start. Her octogenarian employer is bunking with her in a charming Georgetown mansion, and a Smithsonian curator invites her to work on its culinary salute to coffee in America.
Clare’s new Village Blend, DC is struggling to earn a profit—until it attracts a high-profile fan, the college-age daughter of the president. Clare’s stock rises as the first lady befriends her, but she soon learns a stark lesson: Washington can be murder.
First she finds a dead body in a back booth. 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.
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Language
English
Release Day
Nov 30, 2015
Release Date
December 1, 2015
Number in Series
15
Series Display String
The Coffeehouse Mysteries
Release Date Machine
1448928000
Imprint
Blackstone Publishing
Provider
Blackstone Publishing
Categories
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Cozy, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult, Bestselling Mysteries, Bestselling Mystery
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 over ten years in print. 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, including the nationally bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. Learn more about them at their online home: www.CoffeehouseMystery.com.
Rebecca Gibel is an award-winning stage, television, and voice actress. The narrator of over fifty audiobooks, Rebecca is facile in a wide variety of genres. Rebecca has worked across the country at theaters such as Trinity Rep, Cleveland Play House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Intiman Theatre, and the Arden Theatre Company. She holds a BA from the College of William & Mary and an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
Overview
From the New York Times bestselling author of Once upon a Grind comes an exciting new installment in the Coffeehouse Mystery series.
Clare’s visit to the nation’s capital is off to a graceful start. Her octogenarian employer is bunking with her in a charming Georgetown mansion, and a Smithsonian curator invites her to work on its culinary salute to coffee in America.
Clare’s new Village Blend, DC is struggling to earn a profit—until it attracts a high-profile fan, the college-age daughter of the president. Clare’s stock rises as the first lady befriends her, but she soon learns a stark lesson: Washington can be murder.
First she finds a dead body in a back booth. 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.
