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    Murder takes the plunge in the sixth book in the Coffeehouse mystery series.

    Clare Cosi's daughter, Joy, is interning-and falling- for a top New York chef when his kitchen turns cutthroat, and Joy becomes a murder suspect. Clare knows she must catch the real killer-even if it lands her in the hottest water of her life.

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    Cleo Coyle Does it Again!by Anonymous

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    May 10, 2008: I have loved every single Coffeehouse Mystery, and French Pressed, the sixth installment, is no exception. It draws the reader in immediately by starting out from the first person perspective of a killer - a technique which is highly effective and very chilling - a killer who commits murder before the end of the prologue. Tension continues to mount from there. Clare Cosi, manager of the Village Blend coffeehouse in Greenwich Village, and Madame Blanche Dreyfus Allegro Dubois (Madame for short), Clare?s ex-mother-in-law and owner of the Blend, are enjoying dinner at Solange, the 4-star restaurant in Manhattan where Joy, Clare?s only child, just happens to be working as part of her culinary school internship. As Cleo Coyle fans already know, Joy is carrying on an inappropriate relationship with Solange?s much older and married Executive Chef, Tommy Keitel, much to her mother?s and grandmother?s consternation. After dinner, which ended with some abysmal coffee, Clare visits the kitchen and witnesses one of the chefs physically threatening her daughter - an act that seems even more ominous when Joy later discovers the body of one of her fellow interns. At the suggestion of Clare?s friend, Detective Mike Quinn, Clare comes up with a plan that might gain her entree into Solange?s kitchen so she can try to figure out what?s going on. Despite Clare and Detective Quinn?s best efforts, however, the bodies continue to pile up. Also, in addition to the plot dealing with Solange and Clare?s daughter, Detective Quinn encourages Clare?s involvement in an investigation of his own. I have to say that in addition to everything else, I?m VERY pleased with the direction Clare is moving in her personal life. Despite Madame?s best efforts, Clare is determined to be responsible for her own happiness. You go, girl! The ending is very intriguing, and makes me more than a little anxious to see what will transpire in book seven! Can?t wait!

    enjoyable caffeine cozyby Anonymous

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    January 27, 2008: Clare Cosi, manager of the famous Village Blend Coffeehouse, is having dinner at Manhattan?s Solange French cuisine restaurant with her former mother-in-law. Her daughter Joy works as an intern in the kitchen Clare is concerned because Joy is violating the cardinal rule of restaurant employment having an affair with the married chief chef Tommy Keitel, who is also three decades older. To keep a closer eye on her offspring, Clare cuts a coffee deal with Tommy that enables her entrance to the vaunted kitchen. Inside she sees Tommy?s second in command looking like she wants to kill Joy. Later Joy calls her mom and tells her she found her friend Vinny dead in his apartment with a knife in his back. The police interrogate Joy as they consider her a viable suspect. Later, she becomes the prime suspect in Keitel?s death because earlier that night he broke their affair publicly and he was dispatching her to another restaurant to complete her internship. Clare who has solved other homicides begins an inquiry into both homicides with the help of her boyfriend Detective Mike Quinn to prove her daughter is innocent. --- French cuisine, specialty caffeine, and cozy lovers will find FRENCH PRESSED a delicious tasty mystery, but do not read on an empty stomach. The whodunit is cleverly constructed so that fans will not only fail to figure out who the culprit is but begin to think Joy did it. Quirky Clare has come a long way since she went THROUGH THE GRINDER and made her first cup of coffee, but remains a strong caring independent woman. She makes this perky series so good that readers can smell the coffee. --- Harriet Klausner