Coffeehouse Mystery (9 books in series)
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review 1: Cleo Coyle might utilize fairy tales in the latest Coffeehouse Mystery, Once Upon a Grind, but you have to remember, the Brothers Grimm's stories were scary, and not cozy bedtime stories. Coyle's mysteries are not cozy bedtime stories either. The latest one turns the idea of fair...
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review 1: I started this series about 8 years ago and stopped keeping up with it at this book. SO I thought what the heck I am going to pick this up and give it another go. While I didn't dislike the book I think my issue is Claire. I am just not in love with her. I don't feel any connecti...
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review 1: I thought I'd stopped reading these because I ran out, but once I started this one, I realized I'd stopped reading them because I cannot stand the main character. She is the worst. She's petty and condescending and self-righteous and controlling and I hate her. The problem is I l...
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review 1: Lots going on - almost too much at times it felt parts were rushed, but generally good and it was nice to reconnect with familiar characters. (Did I miss something about Madame's love life? I thought she had a steady beau but this book implies she is rekindling a romance with a...
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review 1: Loved it! Reads along really quickly with no long-winded passages. Written in a different style then the previous books in the series and I enjoyed that new approach. I did have an idea who the killer was but didn't know for sure til closer to the end. As always, the recipes look...
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review 1: In this latest story in the Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle, Claire is nose-deep in a series of bombings of local coffee shops. Not only is she worried her beloved Village Blend may be on the target list, but one of her staff, as well as her former mother-in-law and herself ...
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review 1: Clare Cosi's and all the other characters from the Village Blend Coffee shop are back for a Christmas themed mystery. Clare is hosting a party with her friends to decide on some new Christmas blend coffees. But as always, things never go smoothly, and this time one of Clare's g...
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review 1: Madame has arranged for The Blend to team up with a product called Mocha Magic. She told Clare that Matt knew all about it and he really didn't. Clare doesn't like that they have not tried the product ahead of the launch. She is already suspicious. One night Madame calls Clare f...
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review 1: Clare is at it again, and though this brewfest isn't as strong as the previous, it's still a great cozy mystery that keeps up not only wirh technology, but all the drama towards the end of the Bloomberg era of NYC.A violent hit and run opens the story that includes smuggling, dru...