Decaffeinated Corpse (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 5)
by Cleo Coyle
List Price:
Our Price: $3.15
You Save: $3.84 (55%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.99 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Cleo CoyleEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-03
ISBN: 0425216381
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Berkley
Book Reviews of Decaffeinated Corpse (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 5)
Book Review: Another cosy (or should that be Cosi?(o:) mystery
Summary: 5 Stars
"Decaffeinated corpse" is the fifth mystery novel in the Coffeehouse Mysteries-series by Cleo Coyle, and by far the best. (Not that the others weren't good; just that this one is even better). This series has grown with leaps and bounds, and especially the setting, for the most part in other parts of New York, away from the Village Blend makes this for a far more entertaining, energetic read.
Anyway, to recap for those new to this series: Clare Cosi is manager of the Village Blend, a historic coffee shop in New York's Greenwich Village. Her life is a complicated blend of managing the Village Blend; pleasing the customers with delightful espressos, lattes and other kinds of coffee; worrying about her daughter Joy who's now grown and gone but has a knack for getting into trouble; her attempts at managing the difficult, headstrong Village Blend's coffee buyer and also her coffeeshop-partner (AND ex-husband) Matt Allegro, not to mention the other beaus in her life like NYPD-detective Mike Quinn; and handling Madame, the Blend's flamboyant, elderly owner. To add something extra to this complicated brew, she also has a tendency to have things "happen around her", like murders.
Of course, in "Decaffeinated corpse" it doesn't take long before the first dead body shows up as she gets involved when an old friend of her ex-husband develops the world's first botanically decaffeinated coffee bean, which seems a great business opportunity for the Blend's international kiosks which have recently been started up by Matt. And after that, it really starts to get complicated as casualties start piling up and high on the suspects-list are those near and dear to her... But I leave it to the reader to find out how Clare manages to find the murderer...
Anyway, Cleo Coyle (husband-and-wife team Marc Cerasini and Alice Alfonsi) has a winner on her hands with this novel! You can read it as a stand-alone, but why not get to know these characters better at first? For that, be sure to read the other novels in this series. Or, if you like your mysteries with a bit more "noir" added: pick up the Haunted Bookshop mystery series by Alice Kimberly (Marc and Alice writing under a different pen-name), also a great read!
Mystery & Thrillers Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in coffee, tea, and chocolate
The Chocolate Jewel Case (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 7)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2007-08-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.16
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Bridal Bash (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 6)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2006-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Mouse Trap (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 5)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2005-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.10
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 4)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2004-12-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.45
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 3)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2003-12-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Bear Burglary (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 2)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2002-11-05; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Cat Caper (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 1)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2002-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.96
Price in other shops:
The Silver Needle Murder: A Tea Shop Mysteryby Laura Childs
Berkley Hardcover; Published: 2008-03-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.72
Price in other shops:
Dragonwell Dead: A Tea Shop Mysteryby Laura Childs
Berkley Hardcover; Published: 2007-03-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.30
Price in other shops:
Blood Orange Brewing (A Tea Shop Mystery)by Laura Childs
Berkley; Published: 2007-03-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.85
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (Haunted Bookshop Mystery)by Alice Kimberly
Berkley; Published: 2004-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.15
Price in other shops:
Sweet Revengeby Diane Mott Davidson
Avon; Published: 2008-09-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.96
Price in other shops:
Murder Is Bindingby Lorna Barrett
Berkley; Published: 2008-04-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.69
Price in other shops:
Espresso Shot (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 7)by Cleo Coyle
Berkley Hardcover; Published: 2008-09-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.97
Price in other shops:
The Chocolate Jewel Case (Chocoholic Mysteries, No. 7)by JoAnna Carl
Signet; Published: 2007-08-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.16
Price in other shops:
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 1)by Cleo Coyle
Berkley; Published: 2003-09-02; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.02
Price in other shops:
Through the Grinder (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 2)by Cleo Coyle
Berkley; Published: 2004-10-05; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.01
Price in other shops:
Latte Trouble (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 3)by Cleo Coyle
Berkley; Published: 2005-08-02; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.26
Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 4)by Cleo Coyle
Berkley; Published: 2006-08-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
French Pressed (Coffeehouse Mysteries, No. 6)by Cleo Coyle
Berkley; Published: 2008-04-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.16
Price in other shops: