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Holiday Grind
Cleo Coyle
There's nothing cozier than a winter evening in Greenwich
Village. Streetlights shimmer through icy flakes,
cafés glow with welcoming warmth, and a layer of snow
dusts historic townhouses like powdered sugar on holiday
confections. Murder has no place in such a pretty picture,
until now...
Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi has grown very fond of Alfred
Glockner, the part-time comic and genuinely jolly charity
Santa who's been using her Village Blend as a place to warm
his mittens. When she finds him brutally gunned down in a
nearby alley, a few subtle clues convince her that Alfred's
death was something more than the tragic result of a random
mugging—the conclusion of the police. With Clare's
boyfriend, NYPD Detective Mike Quinn, distracted by a cold
case of his own, and ex-husband Matt investigating this
year's holiday lingerie catalogs (an annual event), Clare
charges ahead solo to solve her beloved Santa's slaying.
Then someone tries to ice Clare, and she really gets
steamed. But she'd better watch out, because if she fails to
stop this stone cold killer, she may just get the biggest
chill of her life.
This very special holiday entry in Cleo Coyle's
nationally bestselling mystery series includes a bonus
section of delicious holiday recipes as well as a glossary
of coffeehouse terms, instructions on making espressos and
lattes without an expensive machine, and tips for creating
tasty coffeehouse syrups at home.
(A Coffeehouse Mystery #8)
Berkley, November 2009
ISBN-10: 0425230058 ISBN-13: 9780425230053 384 pages Hardcover $23.95
Also by Cleo Coyle:
Holiday Buzz, December 2012
A Brew to a Kill, August 2012
Murder by Mocha, August 2012
Murder by Mocha, August 2011
Roast Mortem, August 2011
Holiday Grind, November 2010
Roast Mortem, August 2010
Espresso Shot, October 2009
The Ghost and The Haunted Mansion, January 2009
Espresso Shot, October 2008
French Pressed, April 2008
Decaffeinated Corpse, July 2007
Murder Most Frothy, August 2006
Latte Trouble, August 2005
Through The Grinder, October 2004
On What Grounds, September 2003
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