Through the Grinder
Business is booming at Clare Cosi's Village Blend, until her female customers start to die. Lieutenant Quinn is convinced that someone has an axe to grind, and, unfortunately, his prime suspect is the new man in Clare's life. Now Clare will risk her heart--and her life--to follow the...
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Business is booming at Clare Cosi's Village Blend, until her female customers start to die. Lieutenant Quinn is convinced that someone has an axe to grind, and, unfortunately, his prime suspect is the new man in Clare's life. Now Clare will risk her heart--and her life--to follow the killer's trail to the bitter end.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425197141 (042519714X)
ASIN: 042519714X
Publish date: October 5th 2004
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 270
Edition language: English
Series: Coffeehouse Mystery (#2)
Reading a good romantic mystery plus doses of knowledge on coffee and recipes
My favorite character in this series has to be the Coffeehouse. I love all the coffee facts and tips. It makes me want to brew a pot while I'm reading.I wasn't thrilled with the scene in the art gallery. Little too gruesome for a cosy, IMO.I was so mad about Bruce. That is so unfair.
The ending was good. However, I didn't like the fact that we heard from the killer in the book as they were watching their next victim. It just doesn't seem like that should be in a cozy mystery read. I do like Clare and her daughter, and the interaction with the detective and her ex-husband.Complet...
This installment was certainly darker than most cozy mysteries. Not to say it wasn't entertaining and engaging, it was. But Detective Quinn's marriage is breaking up and Clare meets a man who may be Mr. Right but also seems closely tied to a string of murders made to look like suicides. It's very...