Decaffeinated Corpse: A Coffehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle
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(Mass Market Paperback)
- Publisher: Berkley Trade Pub
- Pub. Date: July 2007
- ISBN-13: 9780425216385
- Sales Rank: 12,629
- 288pp
- Series: Coffee House Mystery Series, #5
Synopsis
When an old friend of her ex-husband develops the world's first botanically decaffeinated coffee bean and smuggles it into the country, Clare Cosi, manager of Village Blend, believes it's a business opportunity she needs to investigate...at least until the first dead body shows up.
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This series is a winnerby Anonymous
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July 05, 2007: I've read all of the books in the Coffeehouse Mystery series and this one does not disappoint. Detective Mike Quinn has a bigger role this time out as Clare must not only solve two murders but also get her ex-husband off the NYPD's 'persons of interest' list for both of them. It all starts with a mysterious coffee tree cutting. This cutting is the first of its kind and very valuable because it can grow a decaffeinated coffee plant. Someone wants this cutting so badly that he or she is willing to kill for it. Is it one of Clare's baristas? An associate of the man who discovered the plant? Or a business rival? Clare takes us to Brooklyn's Botanic Garden, an international coffee industry party near the UN, the Village Halloween Parade. Lots of interesting info about coffee trees and how coffee is grown and farmed. There's also a return of favorite characters. I love Madame and she is back and is as entertaining as ever. There's also a big leap for Clare in her relationship with Detective Quinn that fans of this series should not miss. I really enjoyed this installment and I'm actually glad the author went back to the original coffeehouse setting after taking us to the Hamptons in Murder Most Frothy. There's just something wonderful about Clare's coffeehouse. I'm already looking forward to the next book in this series.
Predictableby Anonymous
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July 01, 2007: The newest coffee house installment mimics the same plots found in the first three books of the series. Although the main characters make changes in their lives, I did not find them as interesting as they were in previous books. The mystery has a few unique twists and turns, but the book ends in the same pattern used in each one of the other coffee house mysteries. This a true 'cozy' mystery without much depth.
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