Clare Cosi is back into her snooping ways in the second book in the coffeehouse series. Female customers of the Village Blend begin dying in what appears to be suicides. Clare has a little trouble believing the victims would commit suicide and when Detective Mike Quinn shows up, she believes her intuition is right on the money. Clare has to navigate the online/speed dating world to get her killer, while all the while putting herself in harm’s way.
The book starts off in the coffeehouse as usual with the first victim encouraging Joy to try the online/speed dating world. Joy agrees and signs up for SinglesNYC. Since Clare thinks online dating is dangerous, she signs up as well and meets Brooks Newman, who is a weasel. Not long after that the first victim “commits suicide”. The Village Blend hosts a church sponsored speed dating event. Since two of the members didn’t show up, Clare convinces one of the blend patrons to participate while she takes the other spot. In this event, she meets up again with Brooks Newman, who is still a weasel. Close to the end of the event, she meets Bruce Bowman, who she nicknames Mr. Right, and gives him her number to set up a future date.
Once Detective Quinn finds out she’s dating Bruce, he tells her that he’s a person of interest in the deaths of the 3 victims because he’s tied to all them. Clare refuses to believe it and sets out to prove Detective Quinn is wrong by proving Bruce innocent. The deeper she dives into the mystery, the more her life is in danger.
In the end, Clare found out who the murderer was, after detective Quinn told her and me, the reader. Let me just say that after reading 90% of the book, I didn’t have a clue who the murderer was. When I found out whom it was, my jaw dropped and I was speechless (and if you know me, you know that’s a feat). Cleo Coyle did an awesome job keeping this murderer under lock and key.
In summary, the coffee talk was kept to a minimum, the characters are developing their own unique personalities, and the murderers and motives are pretty much a secret until the very end. The author is getting better and better. I can’t wait until the next book.
The book starts off in the coffeehouse as usual with the first victim encouraging Joy to try the online/speed dating world. Joy agrees and signs up for SinglesNYC. Since Clare thinks online dating is dangerous, she signs up as well and meets Brooks Newman, who is a weasel. Not long after that the first victim “commits suicide”. The Village Blend hosts a church sponsored speed dating event. Since two of the members didn’t show up, Clare convinces one of the blend patrons to participate while she takes the other spot. In this event, she meets up again with Brooks Newman, who is still a weasel. Close to the end of the event, she meets Bruce Bowman, who she nicknames Mr. Right, and gives him her number to set up a future date.
Once Detective Quinn finds out she’s dating Bruce, he tells her that he’s a person of interest in the deaths of the 3 victims because he’s tied to all them. Clare refuses to believe it and sets out to prove Detective Quinn is wrong by proving Bruce innocent. The deeper she dives into the mystery, the more her life is in danger.
In the end, Clare found out who the murderer was, after detective Quinn told her and me, the reader. Let me just say that after reading 90% of the book, I didn’t have a clue who the murderer was. When I found out whom it was, my jaw dropped and I was speechless (and if you know me, you know that’s a feat). Cleo Coyle did an awesome job keeping this murderer under lock and key.
In summary, the coffee talk was kept to a minimum, the characters are developing their own unique personalities, and the murderers and motives are pretty much a secret until the very end. The author is getting better and better. I can’t wait until the next book.
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