Shot in the Dark (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
by Cleo Coyle
I love this series and you can can’t wrong with Clare. She alone can keep the reader on their feet not only with the delicious recipes and coffee or her wedding date fiasco but let’s add in a dead body.
~Babs Book Bistro
Shot in the Dark is a well-crafted, intelligently-written story, with complexity and depth.
~The Power of Words
When I started reading Shot in the Dark by Cleo Coyne, I was expecting a pleasant cup of coffee from the local diner. But, Holy Huehuetenango, I got a rich, layered thriller of a mystery that teased my tastebuds and reading time alike!
~Back Porchervations
The story was suspenseful and kept me guessing as multiple layers of the mystery intertwined into one logical, inevitable ending.
~The Book’s the Thing
It was original reading a book where the victims are related to a Dating app, showing us the good and the bad sides of dating in the technology era.
~Varietats
Cleo Coyle is known for showing readers a caffeinated good time, and SHOT IN THE DARK is the perfect cup.
~Lisa Ks Book Reviews
Age is not relevant when it comes to matters of the heart or desires to solve a mystery.
~Laura’s Interests
New author to me, so number seventeen in the series was the first of the Coffeehouse Mysteries that I have read, and I thoroughly enjoyed the read . . .
~Ms. Cat’s Honest World
Full of life, great characters, and an intriguing mystery you will find yourself unable to put the book down . . .
~Books a Plenty Book Reviews
The characters always reach out to me. . . Great job Cleo. . .
~A Holland Reads
About the Book
Shot in the Dark (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
17th in Series
Setting – New York
Berkley Prime Crime (April 17, 2018)
Hardcover: 352 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0451488848
Digital ASIN: B07465ZYKT
A new smartphone dating game turns the Village Blend into a hookup hot spot, until one dark night, when a gunshot leaves a dead body behind and the landmark coffeehouse becomes the center of a whole new scene–a crime scene.
As Village Blend manager Clare Cosi attempts to finalize a date for her wedding, her ex-husband becomes addicted to making dates through smartphone swipes. Clare has mixed feelings about these quickie matchups happening in her coffeehouse. Even her octogenarian employer is selecting suitors by screenshot! But business is booming, and Clare works hard to keep the espresso shots flowing. Then one dark night, another kind of shot leaves a dead body for her to find.
The corpse is a successful entrepreneur who became notorious for his “hit it and quit it” behavior: prowling for women on dating apps, then devastating his conquests with morning-after insults. Though the NYPD quickly arrests one of his recent victims, Clare finds reason to believe she’s been framed.
Now, with the help of her ex and crew of quirky baristas, Clare starts “swiping” through suspects in her own shop, determined to find the real killer before another shot rings out.
Includes a bang-up menu of tempting recipes.
About the Author
CLEO COYLE is the pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. CLEO COYLE grew up in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After earning scholarships to study writing at Carnegie Mellon and American Universities, she began her career as a cub reporter for The New York Times. Now an author of popular fiction and New York Times bestselling media tie-in writer, Cleo lives and works in New York City, where she collaborates with her husband (also a bestselling author) to pen the Coffeehouse Mysteries for Penguin. Together Cleo and her husband also write the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries under the name Alice Kimberly. When not haunting coffeehouses, hunting ghosts, or rescuing stray cats, Cleo and Marc are bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for NBC, Lucasfilm, Disney, Fox, Imagine, and MGM. In their spare time, they cook like crazy and drink a lot of java. You can learn more about Cleo, her husband, and the books they write by visiting www.CoffeehouseMystery.com.
Author Links
Visit Cleo online: www.coffeehousemystery.com
Friend Cleo on Facebook:www.Facebook.com/CleoCoyle
Follow Cleo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cleocoyle/
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Tour Participants
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April 28 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
April 29 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
April 30 – Ms. Cat’s Honest World – REVIEW
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