A Brew to a Kill
Clare Cosi has taken the Village Blend on the road, putting a vintage coffee truck on the streets of New York as part of a citywide promotion. The tour draws crowds, sponsors, and trouble: a young woman is struck down in what looks like a hit-and-run, and Clare cannot make the accident explanation fit.
What begins as a traffic case pulls her into the murkier corners of the city's coffee trade and the people who profit from it, while she juggles the truck, her ex-husband Matteo, her former mother-in-law Madame, and her relationship with NYPD detective Mike Quinn.
Cleo Coyle's eleventh Coffeehouse Mystery is a culinary cozy in the series' usual mould, closing with recipes and coffee lore.
Manager of the Village Blend coffeehouse in Greenwich Village and reluctant amateur sleuth.
NYPD detective and Clare's partner.
The Village Blend's owner and Clare's former mother-in-law.
Coffee buyer and Clare's ex-husband.