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Murder Most Frothy (Coffeehouse Mystery #4)
by
Cleo Coyle (Goodreads Author)
Clare Cosi’s new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At his Hamptons mansion, she’ll relax, soak up the sun, and, oh yes, train the staff of his new restaurant. So Clare packs up her daughter, her former mother-in-law, and her special recipe for iced coffee—for what she...more
Mass Market Paperback, 257 pages
Published
August 1st 2006
by Berkley Prime Crime
(first published 2006)
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Okay. I like coffee. I like mysteries, and I don't expect them to be great works of literature except in exceptional circumstances. I like the main character of this series, and the plot was okay. BUT.
I DO expect someone to have edited these books before they're published. Even the mass-market paperbacks. Even the cozy mysteries. ESPECIALLY the books of a "national bestselling author" being published by a division of Penguin Publishing. PLEASE, please put 0.00001% of your profits toward hiring s...more
I DO expect someone to have edited these books before they're published. Even the mass-market paperbacks. Even the cozy mysteries. ESPECIALLY the books of a "national bestselling author" being published by a division of Penguin Publishing. PLEASE, please put 0.00001% of your profits toward hiring s...more
Fourth in the Coffeeshop Mystery series revolving around the manager of the Village Blend, an independent coffeeshop in Greenwich Village, New York.
My Take
If you want to understand coffee as one would appreciate wine, this is the series for you as Coyle goes into great detail about the roasts, the blends, and the pairings of food with the different kinds of coffee beans. What to take into account, how to prepare the ideal cup of coffee or espresso.
I do enjoy the battles between mother and daught...more
My Take
If you want to understand coffee as one would appreciate wine, this is the series for you as Coyle goes into great detail about the roasts, the blends, and the pairings of food with the different kinds of coffee beans. What to take into account, how to prepare the ideal cup of coffee or espresso.
I do enjoy the battles between mother and daught...more
It was okay. Clare is really starting to annoy me, I know that she has to get involved in order for there to be a mystery for us to read about, but she does it in the most annoying way possible - blundering around, going off "investigating" by herself when no one knows where she is, spreading false accusations to all and sundry, getting mad when the police have the audacity to suggest she might be acting unlawfully - I like the mysteries and the coffee talk, but Clare is definitely rubbing me up...more
this series is consistently fun to read. This one is set in the Hamptons in the summer, and made me want to book a vacation on a beach somewhere. Clare Cosi, the central character, is hitting her stride as an amateur sleuth and still consuming mass quantities of caffeine along the way. Here's a quote from a scene in which Clare is caught snooping through a suspect's house:
"Where the hell do you get your nerve, Clare Cosi?
Eight to ten cups of coffee a day. At least."
That about sums it up!
"Where the hell do you get your nerve, Clare Cosi?
Eight to ten cups of coffee a day. At least."
That about sums it up!
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When coffee shop proprietor Claire Cosi agrees to spend the summer in the Hamptons, managing coffee service at a swanky new restaurant and living in her employer's mansion, she doesn't expect to be solving murders. But on the night of July 4th, a young man is shot at party in the mansion, and Claire is certain--even if the police aren't--that the bullet was meant for her employer, the wealthy David Mintzer. She sets about trying to find the killer herself, despite David, the police, and members...more
Okay, these are cute, enjoyable reads, but the heroine has now crossed over into the cozy mystery kiss of death - at least for me. She now thinks she can investigate murders better than the police and goes around sticking her nose in places she has no real business being. After entering a boat she does not own and was not invited to, and breaking into a home (technically not breaking - the door was unlocked) and being chastised by the police when imparting what she found, she says she is felt li...more
I like this series and the characters in it for the most part. The coffee side story is fun for a coffee-maniac like me, and the slap-stick aspect of some of the things that go on is fun.
This time around Clare Cosi is in "the Hamptons" setting up a coffee/dessert pairings menu for a restauranteur there, and living in his fantastic Hamptons mansion for the summer. Joining her are her daughter Joy, and her ex-mother-in-law Madame. Unfortunately, as is often the case murder seems to dog Clare's ste...more
This time around Clare Cosi is in "the Hamptons" setting up a coffee/dessert pairings menu for a restauranteur there, and living in his fantastic Hamptons mansion for the summer. Joining her are her daughter Joy, and her ex-mother-in-law Madame. Unfortunately, as is often the case murder seems to dog Clare's ste...more
Another book in the oh-so-fun Coffeehouse Mysteries series. Not only do you get an enjoyable read, but you also get good coffee recipes with each book. Books and coffee are my two weaknesses and this series combines them both. Is it any wonder that I enjoy them?
Fourth in the series. I liked this one the best so far. I think it is because the character of Clair has become more real to me and I like the relationship descriptions between her and her daughter. The mystery was also less predictable in this volume.
In this 4th book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series, Clare has escaped the summer heat of Manhattan and is working the summer at a restaurant in the Hamptons. She is also staying at the luxurious home of the restaurant owner and personal friend, David Mintzer. Things are going great until one of the servers, a co-worker of Clare's, is killed at David's 4th of July party. Convinced that David was the real target of the killer, she investigates.
As always this books was tons of fun and made me drink...more
As always this books was tons of fun and made me drink...more
Murder Most Frothy
Coffeehouse Mystery Series Book Two
By Cleo Coyle
Clare Cosi lives for coffee, ever since she was a child, so it is no surprise that she is a highly successful New York barista. Her millionaire friend David has asked her down to the Hamptons for the summer to train his staff at his new restaurant with all expenses paid for her and her daughter it is an offer she cannot refuse, but during a Fourth of July party she is catering she stumbles upon the dead body of one of her employee...more
Coffeehouse Mystery Series Book Two
By Cleo Coyle
Clare Cosi lives for coffee, ever since she was a child, so it is no surprise that she is a highly successful New York barista. Her millionaire friend David has asked her down to the Hamptons for the summer to train his staff at his new restaurant with all expenses paid for her and her daughter it is an offer she cannot refuse, but during a Fourth of July party she is catering she stumbles upon the dead body of one of her employee...more
Fourth in the Coffeehouse Mystery series.
The scene shifts to the Hamptons, a collection of hamlets on the South Fork of Long Island and the playground of the wealthy and their wannabees.
Clare has agreed to help out a friend, Dave, with his restaurant in the Hamptons, setting up coffee and dessert service. In exchange, she and Joy, her daughter, will stay at Dave’s East Hampton mansion for the summer. But during a Fourth of July party at the mansion, which Clare is catering, a young waiter is sho...more
After reading a few mysteries recently, I appreciated the balance of grit and 'cozy' aspects. There is nothing inherently unbelievable about the way that the mystery is solved -- the main character does get caught a number of times in illegal situations (hello breaking and entering!) which I thought was a good thing. Too often the characters snooping around skate by a little too easily. (Don't get me wrong, Claire, the main character, gets off pretty light but there is some gun action.)
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Clare Cosi has struck a deal with her friend David Mintzer: in exchange for an all-expenses-paid summer at his exclusive Hamptons beach house, Clare will teach the staff at his new restaurant how to best serve coffee. So Clare packs up her daughter Joy and ex-mother-in-law Madame and heads off for a relaxing beach-front summer. That is until an employee ends up dead in David's bathroom and Clare becomes convinced that David himself was the target. Soon she's off trying to solve a murder, and pre...more
Clare, Joy, Madame and, inexplicably, Matt all end up in the Hamptons for the summer. Clare has gone because she is serving as coffee steward and doing training of the wait staff at investor David Mintzer's new restaurant in the tony resort. Mintzer is likewise investing in the Village Blend's bid to install coffee kiosks in select upscale locations around the country. While working a Fourth of July party at Mintzer's beach house, Clare comes upon a dead body--one of the waiters working the part...more
The fourth in the Cleo Coyle Coffeehouse Mystery series, Murder Most Frothy, finds New York coffee shop manager Clare Cosi headed for the Hamptons for the summer. Clare's new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, offers Clare an all-expenses paid summer at his Hampton's mansion to relax in the sun, in exchange for training the staff of his new restaurant.
Before long Clare is tending the coffee bar at a big party at the mansion, but the fun party has a dramatic turn of events: an employee turns up d...more
Before long Clare is tending the coffee bar at a big party at the mansion, but the fun party has a dramatic turn of events: an employee turns up d...more
I love this series and this time around there was a refreshing visit to the Hamptons, mingling with the elite during the summer. Though Clare sometimes put herself in peril, which I don't like in a character, it wasn't too bad and as a result I got to meet another interesting character - Jim Rand.
As I mentioned before, I almost consider the mystery an added bonus to these stories as I find all the information about different types of coffee and how to brew each very interesting. I wish Clare wa...more
As I mentioned before, I almost consider the mystery an added bonus to these stories as I find all the information about different types of coffee and how to brew each very interesting. I wish Clare wa...more
I feel just a bit new yorker because with the author I run around the city, I know people and lands,tradition and anecdotes. Murder most frothy ,brings we to Hapton for the summer and for one other investigation of Claire. I liked this story because the developmen of character of protagonists ,for realistic relationship between Claire and her daugther , while I get frustrated for that with Matt, nice however that with Jim, because Claire finally think to yourself.
This is the 4th book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series. Clare has taken a side job for the summer in Hamptons to help out a wealthy friend who has opened a restaurant. She will be designing coffee and dessert pairings. Staying with her at her friend's home are her mother-in-law and her daughter who is working as a waitress at the restaurant. When an employee is killed at David's party, Clare suspects that David was the real intended victim. She begins to investigate the murder, tracking down mys...more
Starting to read:
This starts out nice enough. I like the protagonist, she is sensible and down to Earth. I was afraid the millionaire would be a gorgeous hunk, but he turns out to be middle-aged, short and chubby. Much better!
I kind of find the constant references to the coffee blend Clare uses out of place. It is a coffeehouse mystery, so maybe this is normal in those themed cozies, but would you – after finding a corpse – ponder the type of coffee blend to use next?
By the way, the painter with...more
This starts out nice enough. I like the protagonist, she is sensible and down to Earth. I was afraid the millionaire would be a gorgeous hunk, but he turns out to be middle-aged, short and chubby. Much better!
I kind of find the constant references to the coffee blend Clare uses out of place. It is a coffeehouse mystery, so maybe this is normal in those themed cozies, but would you – after finding a corpse – ponder the type of coffee blend to use next?
By the way, the painter with...more
May 11, 2013
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series,
women-detective
#4 in the Coffeehouse series takes Clare to the Hamptons for the summer in this frothy cozy mystery series. The solution to the mystery rather comes out of nowhere which might annoy some readers but most of the clues end up being nicely tied tied up. Strong sense of place and a cute summer beach read.
I do like how Clare gets involved in the solving of the murders that occur around her. She's taken it out of NYC this time..seems thar's murder in them thar Hamptons among the rich and big housed.
Clare takes her time and sees all varieties of suspects, all viable and up to something that could have included committing murder. She's not always right, but that doesn't keep her from continuing on the hunt and trying to get the police to listen.
Clare has to deal with her headstrong daugther, headst...more
Clare takes her time and sees all varieties of suspects, all viable and up to something that could have included committing murder. She's not always right, but that doesn't keep her from continuing on the hunt and trying to get the police to listen.
Clare has to deal with her headstrong daugther, headst...more
Cute cozy mystery set in the Hamptons this time, with Clare Cosi, a barista from New York City. She has a 20-yr old daughter, she manages the family coffee store in an uneasy relationship with her ex, and she is a short, attractive and inquisitive lady.
She definitely unearths all kinds of interesting facts and people, not all of which are related to the murder scheme. She takes her friends seriously but like the Pink Panther manages to help identify the murderer through her stumbling and poking...more
She definitely unearths all kinds of interesting facts and people, not all of which are related to the murder scheme. She takes her friends seriously but like the Pink Panther manages to help identify the murderer through her stumbling and poking...more
This series serves well as entertainment, but I am starting to seriously dislike certain things about it! I don't feel that the main character is growing. There is not enough detail about her life! I mean a potential love dies in the second book, and he is never mentioned again? Her daughter is doing drugs and how its delt with is not mentioned? There is a variety of other things, too. I hope it gets better.
Another fun read. These authors (husband & wife) work exceptionally well together. The men are men in their idiosyncrasies and the women are women in theirs. Something one writer could not pull off as effectively.
3 1/2 stars. I really liked this story, which has multiple, carefully woven plot threads (and some surprising twists). Is this book, we find Claire and family in the Hamptons for the summer. A delight.
I'm still in my "reading :ight and frothy" mode, recovering from the illness and death of my mother. Just not up to pithy reads yet. This is book number four in the coffeehouse mystery series. (I somehow ended up with a stack of them, a few of which remain unread for now. I expect that will change soon.)
Light and entertaining. Learned a bit about The Hamptons. I have an uncle and aunt who have a place in Bridgehampton, but their lifestyle certainly is different from the one that Claire lands in....more
Light and entertaining. Learned a bit about The Hamptons. I have an uncle and aunt who have a place in Bridgehampton, but their lifestyle certainly is different from the one that Claire lands in....more
I give this three and a half stars. I love this series. This is #4 and my favorite so far. Clare Cosi is just a dynamo and love her character. She sure can get herself in to some pickles!
In Murder Most Frothy, the serious subjects of sex and murder are treated in a very cavalier manner--even for a "cozy" mystery. And the heroine's antics in quest of a solution to the crime are sometimes as silly as the book's title.
What I find most appealing about this series--besides the interesting trivia regarding coffee--are the settings. In this case, the story unfolded in the Hamptons, a string of seaside communities along the southeast coast of Long Island. Not having been there, I can't...more
What I find most appealing about this series--besides the interesting trivia regarding coffee--are the settings. In this case, the story unfolded in the Hamptons, a string of seaside communities along the southeast coast of Long Island. Not having been there, I can't...more
The first of the series I read. Hooked me up since I read the title :) purrrfect to read in a vacation 'cause you'll surely devour it in no longer than 3-4 days!
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Cleo Coyle is the pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Under the name Cleo Coyle, they've written 12 bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery titles. The first in their 12-book series is now in its 17th printing. Their newest release, HOLIDAY BUZZ, was a Top-10 New York Times bestseller. Their previous release from Penguin, A BREW TO A KILL, was chosen as a...more
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