My Review
Clare Cosi is hosting a special party at her coffeehouse, Village Blend, in NYC. It's a birthday party for Ava Welsh's boyfriend Ryan. Ava grew up with Clare's daughter Joy and is like one of the family. Ryan is planning to propose to Ava at the party, so it looks like a joyous occasion ... until a mysterious woman is thrown off the balcony by someone who looks like Ryan. Ryan takes off running and Clare works to solve the mystery and clear his name.
I wanted to read Eat, Drink, and Get Buried because I enjoy cozy mysteries and love this series. The Village Blend setting feels like a visit with old friends.
This is such a strong mystery! It has so many elements I enjoy in cozies. The mystery is set up very early on when Ryan is almost the victim of a hit and run accident before the party. The chapters are short but full of drama and developments, so the book has a lively pace. With Ryan on the run (and with Ava and Joy in danger) the stakes are very high.
I have suggested this series several times to friends and enthusiastically recommend Eat, Drink and Get Buried. It is such an enjoyable, fast paced read - sure to please anyone who enjoys NYC or restaurant settings.
Book Synopsis
When the Village Blend caters a glittering rooftop party, their creative coffee concoctions are eclipsed by a shocking murder in this thrilling new Coffeehouse Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.
Years ago, when master roaster Clare Cosi was a newly divorced mom raising her daughter, Joy, Ava Welsh became Joy’s best friend. Now the painfully shy girl next door has grown into a successful New York businesswoman, and Clare is delighted to be catering Ava’s coffee-themed party, especially when her boyfriend, Ryan, confides his plan to propose that very night.
Then a scream shatters the celebration. A woman is thrown off the balcony to her death, and Ryan–who abruptly flees the party–is accused of murder. Clare vows to help Ava clear his name.
Her digging uncovers suspicious connections to a deadly event from which a teenaged Joy and Ava barely escaped with their lives. The stakes rise ever higher as a ruthless killer attempts to keep the ugly truth buried–even if it means sending Clare and her caffeinated crew six feet under.
Author Bio
CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries, now celebrating more than 20 years in print, and the national bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. With more than one million books sold, their works have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Czech; received multiple Best of Year selection honors from reviewers; and have been recommended by Booklist as among the best culinary mysteries for core library mystery collections. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together, wrangle their rescue cats, drink a lot of java, and cook like crazy. Connect with Cleo at CoffeehouseMystery.com
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Giveaway
Thanks to Berkeley Publishing Group, Netgalley, and Great Escapes Book Tours for a copy of this book.
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